Just the other night at church, Kyle Idleman of Southeast Christian Church, shared the details of when he was convicted by the Holy Spirit and responded to the altar call during the singing of the hymn, “I Surrender All.“ The words to the chorus go something like this, “I surrender all. I surrender all. All thee my blessed Savior, I surrender all. “As pointed out by Kyle, very often we make that decision without surrendering our all . There are parts of our life that we do not want to turn over to God. Although we may mature and realize the significance of the decision, we can never redo the initial surrender of our lives to God. However, we can sincerely repent of the sins and the things that we continue to hold on to as we invite God to help us to be in continual surrender to Him.
As I thought about Kyle’s message, I too recalled the song to which I responded, Softly and Tenderly.” As I sing the words to the song, I can picture Jesus standing there watching and waiting for each of us to respond to come home to Him. Although it has been a long time since I have heard this hymn, these are the words I recall.
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me.
Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching, watching for your and for me.
Come home. Come home. Ye who are weary come home.
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling. Calling all sinners come home.”
Have you ever had a song come to mind and you seem to sing it repeatedly? Recently after my last post, the song, “Do You Know My Jesus, was constantly replayed in my mind. If you do not know my Jesus, let the words of the song speak to your heart and accept Him today.
Do You Know My Jesus?
Do you know my Jesus, the Christ of Calvary?
Once you know my Jesus, His you will always be.
Won’t you take my Jesus? He’ll not pass you by.
Then you’ll know my Jesus can satisfy.
Into My Heart
Don’t we all have songs from our childhood that we recall? “Into My Heart” makes me recall the days of my youth and attending junior church. Oh, how we used to love to sing these short tunes. Today, I just enjoy refreshing my memory with the children’s hymns from the past. The familiar ones bring back special memories that I treasure. This song makes me wonder what would happen if we would keep Jesus in our hearts forever. How wonderful would that be?
In to my heart,
In to my heart,
Come in to my heart, Lord Jesus.
Come in today,
Come in to stay,
Come in to my heart Lord Jesus.
For I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Even though I am not familiar with this children’s song, I love the lyrics to the song. For children to sing this song and to learn to believe that they are fearfully and wonderfully made by God is amazing. God spoke the rest of creation, but man he created using His own hands.
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
God made me specially; yes, very carefully,
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made!
When God made the fish, He said and it was so.
When God made the birds, He said and it was so.
But when it came to making man,
He formed him with His hands,
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made!
A Favorite Hymn Then & Now
As a child, I sang this children’s hymn many times. The first verse was permanently etched in my mind as a child. Even though this is a child’s hymn, its message is so pertinent to remember each and every day. When you feel unloved, know that Jesus still loves you unconditionally. We are told this in the Bible and this song reminds us of His constant love. Even though we may be weak, through Jesus strength we can be made strong if we just rely on Him. It should be our prayer each day to give our hearts to Jesus and ask Him to keep us pure and wholly His throughout the day. Yes, I love Jesus!
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
Jesus loves me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me,
Yes, Jesus loves me,
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus, take this heart of mine;
Make it pure and wholly Thine.
Thou hast bled and died for me;
I will live henceforth for Thee.
Yes, I love Jesus.
Yes, I love Jesus.
Yes, I love Jesus.
In prayer I tell Him so.
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