More Like You - (2 Cor 3:18)

Oh, to be more like you!
Perfect redeemer, my longing and prayer
Is to follow after you
All my life through.
Gladly, I'd suffer loss
Rather than treasure the world's fleeting wealth
For its claims will not fulfill;
Jesus, you will.

Oh, to be more like you!
Full of compassion, forgiving and kind;
It's Your tender-hearted touch
Caring so much;
Helping the helpless ones,
Cheering the fainting with selfless concern,
Seeking sinners that are lost,
Bearing the cost.

Refrain:
I long to
Love a little more like You
Feel a little more like You
Be real a little more like You
At peace in a storm;
At ease with scorn;
Think a little more like You
Live a little more like you,
Forgive a little more like you,
In all that I do -
More like You

Oh, to be more like you!
While I am pleading, fill me with Your love;
With Your Spirit, make me whole,
Heart, mind, and soul.
Be my example, Lord,
Help me to share you, to carry Your name.
From a kindle to a glow,
Make your love grow.

(refrain)

Outro:
More like you!
Oh, to be more like you!
Oh, to be more like you!

David Davis copyright 2008/2010/2015
(words based on "O To Be Like Thee!" by Thomas O. Chisholm)