A Prayer to Look Extra Like Jesus Immediately
By Emma Danzey
“Whoever says he abides in him must stroll in the identical approach wherein he walked.” –1 John 2:6
Though we’ll by no means be good like Jesus, we’re known as to stay like Jesus. This doesn’t occur in our personal efforts or intentions. It is a Holy Spirit crammed way of life that displays Christ in our each day. That is saying no to our flesh and sinful methods and repenting. To repent means to show away from our sins. We acknowledge the areas that we’re not obeying the Lord and we rely on Him to assist us stay in another way. We ask the Spirit inside us to set us free from the strongholds in our lives.
This isn’t a brand new prayer. Folks all through the Scriptures wanted lives that honored the Lord as properly.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 says, “It’s the Lord your God you could comply with, and him you could revere. Hold his instructions and obey him; serve him and maintain quick to him.”
- Ephesians 5:1-2 says, “Due to this fact be imitators of God, as beloved kids. And stroll in love, as Christ beloved us and gave himself up for us, a aromatic providing and sacrifice to God.”
- 1 Peter 2:21 says, “For to this you may have been known as, as a result of Christ additionally suffered for you, leaving you an instance, so that you simply may comply with in his steps.”
In what methods are you not following Christ in the present day? What’s He asking you to do that you’re neglecting? What’s He asking you to not do that you’re partaking in?
Have you ever ever observed how we change into just like the folks we select to speculate our time in? I’ve had buddies who act and have the mannerisms of their husbands now that they’ve been married for a couple of years. I’ve seen it with youth or school college students once they choose their core group of buddies. I’ve witnessed it in my very own life in numerous seasons. The best way that we glance extra like Jesus is by spending extra time attending to know Him. We do that by studying His Phrase, praying to Him, and welcoming Him into our each day.
Let’s pray:
Expensive Jesus,
Thank You for dying on the cross for our sins and resurrecting your self to be seated on the proper hand of God in glory. You might be excessive above something that we may think about. Please assist us to appreciate what an incredible sacrifice you made on our behalf. Jesus, please allow us to look extra like You in the present day. We confess that we’re a large number. We have been as soon as misplaced and we at the moment are discovered. We’re your kids when we’ve got accepted You as Savior, however that doesn’t imply that we don’t wander or wrestle. Please give us the power to stroll in Your methods. Assist us to repent from our sins and each evil in our hearts, minds, and actions. Give us the flexibility to stay by the fruit of Your Spirit in us. Give us the ability to select up our crosses and comply with You. Remind us that Your yoke is straightforward, and Your burden is mild. Thank You for taking our place on the cross.
Whether or not we exit and keep in our properties, whether or not we’ve got an incredible day or a horrible one, leads us to stay out lives that mirror and level to Your greatness. Assist everybody round us to see You shining in our each day lives. Might we be witnesses of Your gospel. On high of praying about wanting extra like You, we have to ask You to assist us search You. You say in Jeremiah 29:13, “You’ll search me and discover me if you search me with all of your coronary heart.”
We are going to know You extra after we search You larger than we do proper now. We are going to love You extra each second after we study extra about You and Your sacrifice for us. You’re the One who has the ability to vary us. You can provide us the need to pursue Your self even when we don’t really feel prefer it. You possibly can empower us to comply with You even on days after we are pressed and challenged by the world and our enemy, the satan. Jesus, You might be worthy of our pursuit and of our total lives. We give up to You and dedicate in the present day to following You. Amen.
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