Blessed assurance

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Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
 
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
  Praising my Savior all the day long.
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Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
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Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
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Aug 9 2026
Ana Lara

Storrs, Connecticut, United States

A very good friend of Fanny Crosby was Phoebe Knapp. Fanny lived in the slums of Manhattan and worked in a rescue mission while Phoebe lived in a palatial residence in Brooklyn. Phoebe’s music room contained one of the finest collections of instruments in the country and Fanny was a frequent houseguest. One day in 1873 while Fanny was staying at the Knapp’s residence, Phoebe wanted to play a tune that had been running through her mind. She went to the music room, sat at the piano and played the new composition while her blind friend listened. And then it happened….. Fanny clapped her hands with joy and said to Phoebe that is the tune for “Blessed Assurance! ” Within a few minutes, Fanny had composed the words and one of the greatest hymns of worship was born.

Many years later, the great preacher, D. L. Moody, and his music director Ira Sankey while preaching to large crowds in New York, popularized many of Fanny‘s hymns making her name famous around the world, yet she refused, to be recognized publicly.

One day while attending a Moody Crusade, Fanny slipped into the meeting late to hear Mr. Moody speak. The arena was packed and Fanny could not find a seat anywhere. Seeing what was happening, Moody’s son raced off the stage to help her find a seat. To her bewilderment, she had been led onto the platform just as the crowd was singing Blessed Assurance. Moody Sr. jumped to his feet, raised his hands and interrupted the singing. “Praise the Lord! ” he shouted, “here comes the author of the hymn. ” Fanny was embarrassed, she gave a few short words to thank God for making her a blessing to so many and then reluctantly took her seat again.

(Worship 101- The Story behind the hymn)

Jul 30 2026
Anonymous

After feeling that gap, distance between Holy Spirit and I... this song came!!..."Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine"

Glory

Jul 29 2026
Dora Peterson

Silver Spring, MD, United States

While sitting in my room waiting to be discharged, one of my favorite long time hymns came to mind. Blessed Assurance… Knowing that JESUS is my Lord and Savior will always be with me as I FIGHT this battle of Cancer. He will never leave me nor forsake me. I run this Race because the Battle is NOT mine, It’s the LORD’s… Hallelujah!!!

Jul 28 2026
Howard Williams

Trenton, New Jersey, United States

What a foretaste of glory divine, yes Lord, Amen.

Jul 28 2026
Bill Lanier

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Isn’t it comforting to see a blind lady uses words of sight in this hymn that she wrote. And that around the world you and I are commenting/praising together as one. Though now separated by miles, will one day be together in heaven. Thank you God for my brothers and sisters that get to join with here this morning! And thank you for Fanny who points us to Jesus and our position in this world when maybe we can’t see it.

Jul 27 2026
Loretta Swain

Albion, NY, United States

I was doing Holy Communion with the Lord this morning and right after the Holy Spirit dropped this song in my Spirit. So I started singing it. I couldn't remember all of the lyrics so I looked it up and found this. What a beautiful song to start my day with. I love you Jesus.

Jul 26 2026
Joseph Liao

Henderson, NV, United States

Due to her blindness in her human life, she wanted that the Lord's face be the first face she sees when meeting the Lord in His glory. Praise the Lord! What a pure heart for His satisfaction.

Jul 26 2026
Davina Odoh

Ojo Barracks, Lagos, Nigeria

Blessed assurance, JESUS Is mine... I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine.

Jul 25 2026
Evelyn E Apeduno

Kampala, Central, Uganda

Ohh my God!!! I dreamt I was in a choir dressed in white singing this beautiful hymn so soothing and so heavenly, when I woke it was still fresh in my mind and I continued singing with tears of joy. I knelt for my morning devotion and picked up the lyrics of this song and meditated. Thank you Jesus, you are indeed mine forever. Am washed in your blood, no matter what I surrender and will not be moved. Thank you Jesus. 8.28 am

Jul 23 2026
Suzette Daley

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Oh what an assurance we have. I am so glad that my savior is not one to lie. His assurances and promises will never change.

Felt cast down but the Holy put a song in my mouth. I am heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. No matter what storm clouds may rock our ships today we have an assurance. Hallelujah

The well-known chorus of a gospel song says, "This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long." If we speak the fact that we are in the spirit, our story and song will be that we are in spirit. All day long we may praise the Savior that, because the Spirit of God dwells in us, we are now in the spirit. This will be a very effective inoculation against all the "bugs" sent by the enemy to trouble us in the Christian life.

Formerly we were busy planning. Now we are serenely trusting. Formerly there were constant sorrow and frustration. Now we are like a weaned child, who rests in his mother's bosom. Formerly we were filled with our own thoughts and had many cravings and ambitions. Now we consider God's will as the best and rest in Him. Indeed, "Perfect submission, perfect delight," and "Perfect submission, all is at rest" [Hymns, #308]. Ephesians 6:6 says more or less the same thing: "As slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul." No longer do we do God's will by the soul, which is self-assurance. Now we are doing God's will from the soul, which means carrying out His will practically and wholeheartedly. The soul-life which once rebelled against God's will is now brought into full submission to His will through the work of the cross and is willing to do His will wholeheartedly. Formerly everything was outward; we either walked according to our self-will, or we tried to do God's will according to our self-will. But now, in everything, we have become one mind with God.

We also need to live a rejoicing life, a happy life. We all have to be "hallelujah people," who rejoice in the Lord always (Phil. 4:4). Sometimes the most restful thing is to sing a hymn. Singing a hymn fills us with joy and helps us to enjoy Christ as our rest. The chorus of Hymns, #308 says: "This is my story, this is my song,/Praising my Savior all the day long." A rejoicing life is a life of enjoying God in Christ as everything; this enjoyment makes us happy and causes us to exult all the day. The Christian life should be a rejoicing life.

Now we need to consider the way to have a group meeting. Ephesians 5:18 tells us to be filled in spirit. We believers who love the Lord Jesus, who are seeking His purpose, and who are burdened for His recovery should be persons filled in our spirit all day long. We should be filled with the Triune God, who is today the all-inclusive Spirit to us. When we are filled within, surely we will utter something out from our spirit. Ephesians 5 tells us to be filled, speaking and singing. Our speaking and singing are not in common language. We may speak or sing a psalm, which is a long piece of poetry. It may be like Psalm 119, which has one hundred seventy-six verses. There are twenty-two sections with eight verses in each section. Twenty-two is the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Each section of Psalm 119 is according to a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. We may speak or sing a hymn, which is somewhat shorter than a psalm, or we may speak or sing a spiritual song, which is shorter still.We need to speak and sing these psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs long before coming to the meeting. Even in our home, it is very good to be speaking and singing. The husband may say, "This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior...." Then the wife may respond with, "All the day long" (see Hymns, #308). Or she may say, "I have passed the riven veil. Here the glories never fail." Then the husband responds with, "Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I am living in the presence of the King" (see Hymns, #551). If we are filled in spirit, we will have something to utter. The small group meeting may begin at 7:30 p.m., but if a couple begins to sing at dinnertime, around 6:00 p.m., the small group meeting will have already begun. Such a meeting can continue as they drive together to the meeting with the other saints.

As we read the Word of God, we should not only pray, but also sing to the Lord. This is to read the Word by psalming. (In ancient times the Psalms were sung and not merely read or spoken.) Praying requires more exercise of the spirit than speaking, and singing requires even more exercise than praying. By singing we can truly get into our spirit. We need more singing both in the meetings and in our daily life.The chorus of the well-known hymn 'Blessed Assurance' says:This is my story, this is my song,Praising my Savior all the day long.This is my story, this is my song,Praising my Savior all the day long.Many Christians have sung this hymn, but not many praise their Savior all the day long. What do you think would happen if we praised the Lord all day long? No doubt, we would be utterly immersed in the Lord.

We all need to say happily, triumphantly, and rejoicingly—"Jesus is mine!" We all know the familiar hymn that says, "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine; Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!" The chorus of this hymn says, "This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long" (Hymns, #308). We are not praising the Lord all the day long for a good house, for an expensive car, or for a heavenly mansion with golden streets and pearly gates. We are praising the Lord all the day long for the fact that Jesus is ours. We are those who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is both theirs and ours. To fully understand 1 Corinthians 1:2, you need John 1:1, 14, and 17, John 3:16 and 34, and John 15:26. Also, 1 Corinthians 1:9 tells us that we have been called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. The Greek word for fellowship means joint participation, common participation. God has called us into the participation in His Son. We could even say that God has called us into the enjoyment of His Son.

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Assurance and Joy of Salvation
Born of the Spirit
Fanny Jane Crosby (1820-1915)
Phoebe Palmer Knapp (1839-1908)
Db Major
9/8
9.10.9.9. with chorus.
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