was composed by two of the most prolific Christian hymn writers in history. The lyrics come from a woman with over 8000 hymns to her credit and the music comes from the organ of a lady with over 500 hymns to her credit. One day, Fanny Crosby was visiting her dear friend, Phoebe Knapp. She played a tune for Fanny and asked her afterwards, "What does it say to you, Fanny?" Her reply was simple: "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine." This hymn is still being played on the church organ in thousands of churches still today.
Despite being blind, Fanny Crosby's impact on Christian hymns was tremendous. She once described how her blindness affected her songs. "I verily believe that God intended that I should live my days in physical darkness so that I may be better prepared to sing His praise and lead others from spiritual darkness into eternal light. With sight I would have bee too distracted to have written thousands of hymns." Without Fanny's faith and Phoebe's organ, songs such as "Blessed Assurance" would have never been written.
Blessed Assurance
(Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. James 5:13)
(And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Phillipians 4:19)
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus:
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, 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.
Chorus
Praising my Savior all the day long.
Jesus, we love to sing about You, about having You in our lives. The salvation that You afford us fills our hearts with melodies and harmonies that can only come from You. We want to praise You with a new song, yet sometimes the old ones say it best. Our stories, our songs are all dependent on the wonder of You. We look in anticipation for the moment the clouds will part and You will call Your children home! What a glory that will be! You are amazing to us. You are everything to us. You are our God, our Savior and our King! Amen and amen.
this this verse is in there too:
Perfect submission, perfect delight
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love