I Surrender All
Backgrounder: Van De Venter
was a teacher by profession & an
artist at heart. After evangelistic
meetings, friends saw his gifts
in counselling and urged him to
become an evangelist. For five
years he wavered between his
love for art and God’s calling to
evangelistic ministry. He later
recalled: “I surrendered all.
I became an evangelist and
discovered down deep in my
soul a talent unknown to me.”
A few years later, Van De Venter
remembering that decisive
moment wrote this hymn.
Lord, we will surrender to You:
I once thought these things were
valuable, but now I consider them
worthless because of what Christ
has done. Yes, everything else
is worthless when compared
with the infinite value of knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake
I have discarded everything else,
counting it all as garbage, so that
I could gain Christ (Phil 3:7-8).
Lord, I surrender to you & come
into my heart in a deeper way.
Jesus, You are Lord of my life and
I purpose to hold nothing back.
I surrender all to you: my health,
my family, my resources,
occupation and relationships.
I surrender my success and
failures, my choices and my will.
I surrender to You the promises
I have kept and those I have
failed to keep. I surrender my
weaknesses & strengths to You.
I surrender my entire life to You
the past, present and the future.
I surrender my emotions, fears
and insecurities. In sickness
and in health, I belong to you.
Receive my will & all that I have;
for I purpose to Surrender All.
Grant me Your grace, for this
is sufficient for me, for apart
from you I can do nothing.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
I surrender all,
I surrender all.
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
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,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
Backgrounder: Van De Venter
was a teacher by profession & an
artist at heart. After evangelistic
meetings, friends saw his gifts
in counselling and urged him to
become an evangelist. For five
years he wavered between his
love for art and God’s calling to
evangelistic ministry. He later
recalled: “I surrendered all.
I became an evangelist and
discovered down deep in my
soul a talent unknown to me.”
A few years later, Van De Venter
remembering that decisive
moment wrote this hymn.
Lord, we will surrender to You:
I once thought these things were
valuable, but now I consider them
worthless because of what Christ
has done. Yes, everything else
is worthless when compared
with the infinite value of knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake
I have discarded everything else,
counting it all as garbage, so that
I could gain Christ (Phil 3:7-8).
Lord, I surrender to you & come
into my heart in a deeper way.
Jesus, You are Lord of my life and
I purpose to hold nothing back.
I surrender all to you: my health,
my family, my resources,
occupation and relationships.
I surrender my success and
failures, my choices and my will.
I surrender to You the promises
I have kept and those I have
failed to keep. I surrender my
weaknesses & strengths to You.
I surrender my entire life to You
the past, present and the future.
I surrender my emotions, fears
and insecurities. In sickness
and in health, I belong to you.
Receive my will & all that I have;
for I purpose to Surrender All.
Grant me Your grace, for this
is sufficient for me, for apart
from you I can do nothing.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
I surrender all,
I surrender all.
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
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,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.