Trust and Obey
Backgrounder: This song
was written after a DL Moody
evangelistic meeting in Brockton
Massachusetts. Daniel Towner
was the song leader that night
in 1886, & he asked the people to
share how they had been saved.
Several spoke of how certain they
felt of their salvation. But a young
man said I’m not quite sure but I’m
going to trust & I’m going to obey.
Towner couldn’t forget that
testimony. He jotted it down & sent
it to John Sammis hoping he would
find the inspiration for a hymn.
Towner was not disappointed.
Lord, we will Trust and Obey:
Everyone who believes that Jesus
is the Christ has become a child
of God. And everyone who loves
the Father loves his children too.
We know we love God’s children
if we love God and obey his
commandments (1 John 5:1-2).
Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for
dying on the cross and I praise U
for Your resurrection and all that
it means to me – a sinner saved
by grace through faith in Christ.
Help me to fully trust You no
matter what I am called to do.
Give me the will to step out
in faithful obedience when You
ask me to say or do something
that is outside of my comfort
zone and to follow in the spirit
of those like Queen Esther, who
was called for such a time as this.
Help me to step out in faith and
not to fear that which I’m called
upon to undertake, knowing
that we have not been given
the spirit of fear but of power.
Keep my heart open to Your
promptings, and help me grow
in faith & obedience for Yr glory.
Lord, Help me to Trust and Obey!
in Jesus’ name. Amen.
When we walk with the Lord
in the light of His Word,
What a glory He shed on our way!
While we do His good will
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust & obey.
Trust and obey,
for there’s no other way
To he happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
But we never can prove
the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows
and the joy He bestows
Are for them who will trust & obey.
Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do,
where He sends we will go –
Never fear, only trust and obey.
Backgrounder: This song
was written after a DL Moody
evangelistic meeting in Brockton
Massachusetts. Daniel Towner
was the song leader that night
in 1886, & he asked the people to
share how they had been saved.
Several spoke of how certain they
felt of their salvation. But a young
man said I’m not quite sure but I’m
going to trust & I’m going to obey.
Towner couldn’t forget that
testimony. He jotted it down & sent
it to John Sammis hoping he would
find the inspiration for a hymn.
Towner was not disappointed.
Lord, we will Trust and Obey:
Everyone who believes that Jesus
is the Christ has become a child
of God. And everyone who loves
the Father loves his children too.
We know we love God’s children
if we love God and obey his
commandments (1 John 5:1-2).
Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for
dying on the cross and I praise U
for Your resurrection and all that
it means to me – a sinner saved
by grace through faith in Christ.
Help me to fully trust You no
matter what I am called to do.
Give me the will to step out
in faithful obedience when You
ask me to say or do something
that is outside of my comfort
zone and to follow in the spirit
of those like Queen Esther, who
was called for such a time as this.
Help me to step out in faith and
not to fear that which I’m called
upon to undertake, knowing
that we have not been given
the spirit of fear but of power.
Keep my heart open to Your
promptings, and help me grow
in faith & obedience for Yr glory.
Lord, Help me to Trust and Obey!
in Jesus’ name. Amen.
When we walk with the Lord
in the light of His Word,
What a glory He shed on our way!
While we do His good will
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust & obey.
Trust and obey,
for there’s no other way
To he happy in Jesus,
but to trust and obey.
Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
But we never can prove
the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows
and the joy He bestows
Are for them who will trust & obey.
Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do,
where He sends we will go –
Never fear, only trust and obey.