October 28, 2022 … Christlike Living …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 301 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Kristian Stanfill singing … More Like Jesus … poignantly singing of how we Christians must choose to surrender to God’s Spirit to become more like our Lord, Jesus. 

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Highlight Passage: … Titus 2:10   [ESV] …  

10 [Christians] must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and good. Then they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.  

… Paul teaches Titus (and fellow Christians) that he (and they) must live out the Gospel truth by living to become more like Christ.                                               

Highlight Passage (Context): …  Titus 2:1-10 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul shows Titus (and fellow Christians) how Christians must live like Christ to share the Gospel with others thru the way they (WE) live.                                                                               

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Reference Passage: …  Matthew 7:21-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus teaches that Christians must be surrendered completely to become like Christ in order to eternally inherit the kingdom of God.      

Reference Passage: …  Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul strongly teaches fellow Christians that they (we) must BE living sacrifices of Christlike living to show Christ ruling our lives.     

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 5:17 [NLT] …  

17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!  

… Paul teaches fellow Christians (and us) that true, born-again, Christians are transformed into a new - Christlike - image.  

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 4:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul sees himself as a slave to follow Christ and begs fellow Christians to do the same to honor Christ and the Gospel.

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 4:8-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul teaches fellow Christians (and us) that they (we) must pursue Christlike thoughts and practices to witness our true faith in the Lord’s saving/sanctifying grace.  

                                                                                

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Huang … AT THIS LINK …   tells of the dedicated Christian life of the father/mother of Ruth Graham, Billy Graham’s wife, who lived and worked for 24 years in a hospital, as medical missionaries, leading thousands to Christ by living for and exhibiting Christlike lives in hospital service in China.                

When we are truly born-again into surrendered Christian lives, as Paul taught Titus and other fellow Christians (see Titus 2 and other Pauline Scriptures above), they/we surrender our lives to become living sacrifices (see Romans 12:1-2 and Philippians 4:8-9), surrendered to live like Jesus, being living examples of the Gospel. 

Personally, I’ve got some way to go to live and be more like Christ as a witness to His love and grace to others.   How about you?                                 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to become - AND BE - more like You today … and then tomorrow.           

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to serve You today, Lord, as Your living witness of Your love and grace to others. .,,  Amen

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