Fight the good fight with all thy might

I have not sung this hymn in years and reading it again it was such a blessing. After a difficult year dominated by Covid it refocussed my mind on eternal truths.

Very uplifting and encouraging words to strengthen us in our fight against Covid-19. Trusting in Him! (Beautiful tune too.)

I love this hymn. It reminds me that I am fighter and that I shouldn't give up. I always get so much strength from this, Fighting a good fight.

Amen

I was reading the story of Jarius daughter being raised to life by Jesus and the phase "only believe " sparked the song in my heart. Tomorrow marks the 5th anniversary of my marriage and I am grateful to God who has showed us mercy and grace.

I just celebrated a birthday last weekend. I am in my 60s and even though, I am active and still working, I am constantly reminded of my mortality by bodily pains and aches. This morning, I woke up with back pains and I started singing ‘Fight a Good Fight’ ; I find a lot of comfort from the song.

I agree with Elizabeth (Known As Grace) Seymour, Rustington, West ussex, United Kingdom:

‘This is a Christ-exalting hymn as it speaks of Him being our strength, our path, our prize, our life, our love, and our right! ’

Was feeling a really down yesterday, I found myself singing this particular hymn at night, and I knew I had to fight the good fight and seek strength in Christ. I'm blessed by this hymn.

Awesome song, so uplifting

Was singing another hymn this morning, and somehow automatically switched to that part of this hymn, "Lay hold on Life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally"; one of my favorite hymns from Sunday School days.

At about 4:30 a. m. this morning, the words "lay hold on life" were on my mind. I found them in this hymn.

To have to “fight the good fight” may superficially seem to be a contradiction with Jesus' words about coming to Him and finding rest for our souls. In that context (Matthew 11:28-30) though He is talking about rest from rules and regulations of the Pharisees. It comes back again to maintaining our relationship with Him. He promises life in all its fullness, but we do need to "lay hold of it".

This is a Christ-exalting hymn as it speaks of Him being our strength, our path, our prize, our life, our love, and our right! “He is my all in all” as a more modern song puts it.

I was astonished to know that others have had the experience of waking up with the verse of a hymn on their minds. I hunted through all my hymn books without success- then I thought of the internet - thank you! I lost a good friend (a priest) aged 98 years just a few days ago - I had helped him with his correspondence when his sight began to fail. Although I have a strong faith, nevertheless, when I lost my dear friend, I felt just a little bit further away from God. However, this morning, the verse on my mind told me: "Only believe, and thou shalt see that Christ is all in all to thee". yes - from "Fight the Good Fight".