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.
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, 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.
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.
When I went to a Memorial Service for my husband's father's wife's mother along with my husband and the rest of the families and friends at Vancouver, Washington. When I first 'heard' this song while I was lipreading my husband's father's lips when he sang this song, I could feel the presence of God at the church! It felt the most powerful feeling of God's love! I'm deaf but could read lips pretty good. I used American Sign Languages into this song. It touched my heart very heavily. I love it! Praise the Lord for He is so good to us all the times!
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Hezron
Mzuzu, Northern, Malawi
This song has reminded me that I am here because He purposed it to be so.
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Abeo Alexander
Trinidad And Tobago
Was feeling low and just like that this song dropped in my spirit!!! I have been crying like a baby for the past 5 mins. God is so real and present when we need Him most.
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Danielle Meigs
Marietta, GA, United States
I woke up with this song in my spirit so I Began to sing it out loud!!!! Glory be to the lamb of God And all of his Holiness!!!
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Nette
Washington, DC, United States
Woke up this morning panicked, because I have so many bills and no money! So I started reading God’s word. I started with Psalms 37, 70, 91, which are my daily go-to’s! But then He led me to Ps 32:8, Pr 10:22, and Is 55; that’s when I heard Blessed Assurance in my spirit! I feel so much better now! God wants us to Praise Him, Trust Him, and Be Obedient to His Word! Amen!
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Patience Idakwoji
Abuja, Nigeria
So uplifting, was down this morning but this hymn was sang in Church and am feeling better. Thank you Jesus for your blessed assurance.
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Lenore
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
I have sung this song for at least 50 years, but today I was struck by the supernatural experiences of divine glory that God gives us, such as visions of rapture, angels descending bringing echoes of mercy and whispers of love until we are filled with His goodness and lost in His love. I want this to be my story and my song. I wonder if Fanny Crosby experienced this? I have asked the LORD for such experiences. I will let you know when this happens.
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Adejumo Oluwatoyin Mary
Lagos, Nigeria
Spirit filled and touching
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Matths
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
My Perfect submission, all is at rest in Jesus' Name!
Amen!
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Gaye Sharon Chin
Braintree, Massachusetts, United States
Amen🙏. Jesus Christ is My Blessed Assurance. This song as carried me through my Times of Trials and Adversities. Jesus Christ NEVER Gave Up on me, even when I walked away. Jesus Christ Carried me Back to HIS Loving Heart. Yes Blessed Assurance Jesus Christ is Mine.
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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Beaverton, Oregon, United States
When I went to a Memorial Service for my husband's father's wife's mother along with my husband and the rest of the families and friends at Vancouver, Washington. When I first 'heard' this song while I was lipreading my husband's father's lips when he sang this song, I could feel the presence of God at the church! It felt the most powerful feeling of God's love! I'm deaf but could read lips pretty good. I used American Sign Languages into this song. It touched my heart very heavily. I love it! Praise the Lord for He is so good to us all the times!
Mzuzu, Northern, Malawi
This song has reminded me that I am here because He purposed it to be so.
Trinidad And Tobago
Was feeling low and just like that this song dropped in my spirit!!! I have been crying like a baby for the past 5 mins. God is so real and present when we need Him most.
Marietta, GA, United States
I woke up with this song in my spirit so I Began to sing it out loud!!!! Glory be to the lamb of God And all of his Holiness!!!
Washington, DC, United States
Woke up this morning panicked, because I have so many bills and no money! So I started reading God’s word. I started with Psalms 37, 70, 91, which are my daily go-to’s! But then He led me to Ps 32:8, Pr 10:22, and Is 55; that’s when I heard Blessed Assurance in my spirit! I feel so much better now! God wants us to Praise Him, Trust Him, and Be Obedient to His Word! Amen!
Abuja, Nigeria
So uplifting, was down this morning but this hymn was sang in Church and am feeling better. Thank you Jesus for your blessed assurance.
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
I have sung this song for at least 50 years, but today I was struck by the supernatural experiences of divine glory that God gives us, such as visions of rapture, angels descending bringing echoes of mercy and whispers of love until we are filled with His goodness and lost in His love. I want this to be my story and my song. I wonder if Fanny Crosby experienced this? I have asked the LORD for such experiences. I will let you know when this happens.
Lagos, Nigeria
Spirit filled and touching
Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
My Perfect submission, all is at rest in Jesus' Name!
Amen!
Braintree, Massachusetts, United States
Amen🙏. Jesus Christ is My Blessed Assurance. This song as carried me through my Times of Trials and Adversities. Jesus Christ NEVER Gave Up on me, even when I walked away. Jesus Christ Carried me Back to HIS Loving Heart. Yes Blessed Assurance Jesus Christ is Mine.