Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 492 · Words: James Rowe
Like Jesus
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A devotional hymn expressing the longing to grow daily into Christlikeness through divine teaching and surrender. Written by James Rowe with music by B.D. Ackley, it was first published around 1912.
Verse 1
Teach, me, Father, what to say;
Teach me, Father, how to pray;
Teach me all along the way
How to be like Jesus.
Refrain
I would be like Jesus,
I would be like Jesus!
Help me, Lord, to daily grow
More and more like Jesus!
Verse 2
Teach me as the days go by,
Teach me not to reason why,
Teach me that to do and die,
Is to be like Jesus.
Refrain
I would be like Jesus,
I would be like Jesus!
Help me, Lord, to daily grow
More and more like Jesus!
Verse 3
Teach me that the time is short,
Teach me how to live and work,
Teach me that to never shirk
Is to be like Jesus.
Refrain
I would be like Jesus,
I would be like Jesus!
Help me, Lord, to daily grow
More and more like Jesus!
Verse 4
Teach me how we may be one,
Like the Father and the Son;
And when all is overcome,
I will be like Jesus.
Refrain
I would be like Jesus,
I would be like Jesus!
Help me, Lord, to daily grow
More and more like Jesus!
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