Aim high
Be Abrahams in faith.
Be Isaacs in fear (Gen 30:42).
Be Jacobs in wrestling.
Be Abels or Noahs in righteousness.
Be Enochs in holiness.
Be Jobs in patience.
Be Moseses in sacrificing the pleasures of sin.
Be Jethros in rejoicing (Exo 18:9).
Be Samuels in upholding obedience.
Be Josephs in forgiveness.
Be Davids in prayer and praise.
Be Nehemiahs in fearlessness.
Be Calebs or Joshuas in wholeheartedness.
Be Johns and Jonathans in love .
Be Josiahs in tenderness.
Be Aarons in consecration.
Be Jeremiahs in lamentation.
Be Pauls in enthusiasm and zeal.
Be Habakkuks in holy trembling.
Be Esthers in noble resolve (Est 4:16).
Be Persises in labor.
Be Corneliuses or Dorcases in benevolent work and alms
deeds.
Be Isaiahs in sublimity.
Be Phoebes in service and succour.
Be Stephens in irresistible argument.
Be Antipases in faithfulness.
Be Nathaniels in guilelessness.
Be Arimathean Josephs in looking after the body of
Christ.
Be Daniels in courageous devotion.
Be Marys in sitting at the feet of Jesus, and in expensive
expressions of love.
Be John the Baptists in burning and shining
testimony.
Be Mordecais in seeking the good of Israel.
Be Timothys in reading the Scriptures.
Be Gideons in valour.
Be Samsons in strength.
Be Solomons in wisdom.
Be Elijahs in fervent prayer.
Be Lydias in worship.
Be Sarahs in quietness and subjection.
Be Tituses in "earnest care".
Be Marks in profitableness (2Ti 4:11).
Be Apolloses in eloquence, and might of the
Scriptures.
Be Annas in testifying of Christ (Luk 2:38).
Be Jameses in faithful admonition.
Be Peters in boldness (Acts 4:13).
Be Philemons in refreshing the saints (Phm 1:7).
Be Loises or Eunices in unfeigned conviction.
Be Hezekiahs in tearful recognition of the chastening hand of
God.
Be Abigails in bountiful recognition of service
rendered.
Be Nathans in straightforward accusation (2Sa 12:7).
Be Elishas in discernment, as to time and circumstances when
gifts may be received and when refused (2 Kings vi. 26).
Be Ezras in uncompromising counsel.
Be Ezekiels in the faithful exhibition of wickedness and its
consequences.
Be Lukes in writing to the excellent of the earth (Luk
1:3).
Be Malachis in bearing faithful testimony against
evil.
Be Jepthahs in keeping your word (Jdg 11:35).
Be Ruths in resolution and purpose.
Be Zadoks in not going astray.
Be Andronicuses, and Junias in noteworthiness.
Be Priscillas and Aquillas in helpership.
Be Samaritans in neighborly kindness.
Be Ephesians in refusing complicity with evil.
Be Pergamians in holding fast to the faith.
Be Thyratirians in works of faith, patience and
charity.
Be Philadelphians in keeping the word, and confessing the name
of Christ.
In a word, be Christ's in Spirit and in truth (Rom
8:9).
(Xdn 20:420,421)
