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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Dec 29 2023
Marcus Mason

Sanford, NC, United States

Just heard this in an ad for an Allen Jackson CD. My thoughts went immediately to my mother who died last year at 93. A few years before she was in a rehabilitation center after a surgery. Back then, a family member could stay overnight and one weekend we were in the cafeteria with a local Baptist choir group, who came to sing hymns with the patients. In those days, mom who was in a gentle decline from dementia, could still jump in on a tune. We sang Blessed Assurance. I would become her caregiver. I ask for forgiveness for anything that I did not do as well as I could have and I am so so grateful to have had that night at facility singing hymn!

Dec 28 2023
Sean Estill

Lomita, California, United States

This morning as I was lying in bed before getting up, the first couple of lines from the first verse were playing in my mind. I don't recall the last time I heard this song, but I'm sure it's been a while. I know I learned it at the southern Baptist church in Texas that I grew up in. Definitely believing God brought that back to recollection this morning to draw me in. I am blessed. Grateful for the lyrics being on this site and the comments from people around the world.

Dec 16 2023
Teju Akinyemi

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria

As a finish praying and going though my Bible in my phone. Reading the book of palms from yesterday's teachings in our convention week 13-17/12/23. The Holy Spirit lay this song in my heart and I Google search and am singing it. Praise God. Thank you Jesus

Dec 10 2023
Shanitah

Nansana, Kampala, Uganda

Today during church service my prophet, prophet samuel kakande has preached and in his preaching he told us each one of us has a story to tell. We listened to this hymn during the service and l was feeling so down but after listening to this hym l felt in me that Some thing new has been born in my life, l really have a story to tell.

Dec 10 2023
Alejandra Kottke

I woke up with this song in my spirit. I haven’t heard it since elementary school. Wild that it seems that there are a lot of us very recently experiencing this!!!

Dec 7 2023
Bob Treadaway

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

I echo what Paulette had to say. I woke up for my morning meditations and this song was the first thing on my mind this morning. Angels descending bring from above echoes of Mercy whispers of love. To think that God, the Son, would eternally take on flesh and blood to leave his glory then come to be my Emmanuel. Praise His Holy name!

Dec 6 2023
Paulette King

Shoreline, WA, United States

I love this hymn! It was in my spirit this morning, so I had to sit down and sing it. By faith, I declare that this is my story! Praising my Savior all the day long, for all He has accomplished in putting His life on the cross, and dying for me. He is worthy of my praises and thanks! Praise Him!!!

Dec 5 2023
Silas

Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon

Great song that says how Jesus is mine. How l need to respond to his love.

Nov 28 2023
Rosemary

Maryland, United States

The Holy Spirit dropped this song in my spirit as I was rounding up my daily devotional, from Open Heavens just now. The song is deeply assuring while I’m alive in this world that Jesus is mine; it is also quietly assuring of eternity with Him. I thank You Lord.

Nov 27 2023
Annie Tukula

Lilongwe, A/36, Malawi

Great is thy faithfulness Almighty Jehovah

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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