Hymn: Blessed assurance

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.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

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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May 1 2013

Steve Miller

Detroit, MI, United States

Phoebe Palmer Knapp, wife of the founder of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, composed a tune in 1873 and brought it to Crosby in Brooklyn. "Play it for me on the organ," Crosby asked. Knapp did and then asked, "What does this tune say?" She turned to see Crosby kneeling in prayer. Knapp played it a 2nd time and then a 3rd. Then the blind woman responded, "That says, 'Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!'" - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton

Apr 20 2013

Adewale

Kaduna, Nigeria

I am in the middle of preparing a message for tomorrow's Sunday service on the topic 'The seed of the woman' and this song just came to me. It is a song that reassures us of our salvation and the fact that God has always loved us from the beginning. This should be our story and our hope.

Mar 25 2013

Raquel Bennett - Hawley

Spring Valley, NY, United States

All time classic and favorite my grandmother and great grandmother would sing this to be as a child. I sing this to this day.

Mar 13 2013

Teresa

Vancouver, WA, United States

I am a small girl. Last night mom gave all the kids a bath and put curlers in the girls hair, then ironed our dresses and got my brothers clothes ready too. All six of us.

Mom, Dad and the four of us kids, sit in the pews singing along as the congregation sings too. It is a sunny day outside, and when we go out there is a slight wind. My dress blows up just enough to scare me, but I see flowers from a crap apple tree fly by me. I watch them float and swirl in the breeze.The air is fragrant.

I skip to the car in my Sunday shoes. The car, a 55 black chevy shines in the church parking lot. Mom has a roast in the oven at home.

I'm happy and hungry.

Blessed Assurance. I love this song and the memories it gave me. Thank you.

Mar 8 2013

Ugwu Samuel

Lagos, Nigeria

As I listened to a testimony in my church of some one that his wife gave birth to twins after 10 years of their marriage. During the testimony time he request that BLESSED ASSURANCE be sung in church for him. As the song was going on tear was all over my eyes. Later same day during our communion service my Pastor Chris of Christ embassy declared that the month of March is for us a month of singing. Since that moment till now I have been singing this song. What a wonderful song. My inner person has been enjoying the song. Glory to God.

Feb 28 2013

Faith

Lagos, Imo State, Nigeria

As a Catholic I so much cherish this song because it always inspires me whenever I'm going through pain the Holy Spirit will whisper the song to me. This song is my source of Joy. I always Thank the Lord for the saint He used to compose this sweetest song. Blessed Assurance is the best so far. Thanks.

Feb 6 2013

Barry

La Verne, CA, United States

God is so good. There is nothing we can do to make Him love us any more or any less than He already does. The true "blessed assurance" of His love.

Feb 5 2013

Carol

Everett, WA, United States

"Blessed Assurance" stands the test of time. It humbles me to know others have been visiting and commenting here for more than ten years...and I just found it tonight. Like many others, I remember my dad singing it at the top of his capacity. I can hear his voice as if it is yesterday, now silenced for 25 years. This song was his comfort in WWII and all through his life including the loss of my birth mother, and his new life with my step mom and all eight of us kids. I love the words; they are food for the weary.

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.

Dec 30 2012

Franklyn

Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Am assured by the assurances of this hymn that Jesus is mine. May His name continue to be praised as we worship Him with this hymnal, Amen.

Nov 29 2012

Novlette

Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

What a peaceful song.My grandmother always love to sing this song. RIP grandma Iris, I miss you so much. Things is not the same since you pass, everyone is drifting apart. I continue to lift my head high, and make sure that the Lord is in the center of everything I do. With Christ all things a possible.

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.

Life-study of Romans, ch. 69 (LSM)

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.

The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 10, The Present Testimony (3), Issue No. 24 (LSM)

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.

The History of God in His Union with Man, ch. 13 (LSM)

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.

The Exercise and Practice of the God-Ordained Way, ch. 24 (LSM)

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.

Life-study of Exodus, msg. 58 (LSM)

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.

God's New Testament Economy, ch. 17 (LSM)

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