Joy Isaguirre | Musings of a Blog Convert

D            A
All to Jesus I surrender;
Bm      G      A      D
All to Him I freely give;
D             A
I will ever love and trust Him,
Bm        G      A
In His presence daily live.

Refrain:
D           Em
I surrender all,
A            D   (G)
I surrender all;
D                D/F#     G
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
A            D
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power;
Let Thy blessing fall on me.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Now I feel the sacred flame.
Oh, the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to His Name!

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Today’s song is brought to you by Judson W. Van DeVenter, a professor of hymnology at the Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity Bible College).  Below is the story behind the hymn.  I hope it will bless you the way that it has blessed me personally.

“For many years I had been studying art. My whole life was wrapped up in its pursuit and the thing farthest from my mind was active Christian service. My dream was to become an outstanding and famous artist. After graduating from college, I studied drawing and painting under a well-known German teacher. To help me financially, I taught school and eventually I became supervisor of art in the public schools of Sharon, Pennsylvania.

It was during this period in my life that a revival was held in the First Methodist Church of which I was a member. I became very interested in these meetings as a personal worker. The Spirit of God was urging me to give up teaching and to enter the evangelistic field, but I would not yield. I still had a burning desire to be an artist. This battle raged for five years. At last the time came when I could hold out no longer and I surrendered my all-my time and my talents. It was then that a new day was ushered into my life. I wrote I Surrender All in memory of the time when, after the long struggle, I had surrendered and dedicated my life to active Christian service for the Lord.”