Daily Affirmations - Day 3 - Carrying The Cross - Jesus Calls Us
Day 3: Jesus calls us
Then a teacher of the law came to [Jesus] and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” Another disciple said to Him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matthew 8:19-22).
Grant me Your grace, most merciful Jesus,
that Your grace may be with me,
work in me, and continue with me to the end.
Grant me always
to want and desire whatever is most acceptable to You
and pleases you best.
Let Your will be mine,
and let my will always follow Yours
and agree perfectly with it.
Let there be between You and me but one will,
so that I may love what You love and abhor what You hate.
Grant that I may die to all things that are in the world
and, for Your sake, love to be despised,
and not to be known by the world.
Grant that I may rest in You above all other things,
and that my heart may be at peace in You.
You are the true peace of the heart.
You are its only rest.
Outside of You,
all things are hard and uneasy.
In this peace, the same peace that is in You,
the one sovereign eternal Good,
I will sleep, and I will rest. Amen.
~ Thomas à Kempis
Jesus calls us o'er the tumult
Of our life's wild, restless sea;
Day by day his sweet voice sounding,
Saying, "Christian, follow me."
Brothers Simon, Andrew heard it
By the Galilean lake,
Turned from home, and toil, and kindred,
Leaving all for His dear sake.
Jesus calls us from the worship
Of the vain world’s golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, “Christian, love me more.”
In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love me more than these.”
Jesus calls us—By your mercies,
Savior, may we hear your call,
Give our hearts to your obedience,
Serve and love you best of all.
~ Cecil F. Alexander, pub. 1852
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