Sunday, July 19, 2009

Victory in Jesus

I wanted to share this song with ya’ll today.  I remember growing up going to our Baptist church and my absolutely favorite song was Victory in Jesus. 
            I heard an old, old story,
            How a Savior came from glory,
            How He gave His life on Calvary
            To save a wretch like me;
            I heard about His groaning,
            Of His precious blood's atoning,
            Then I repented of my sins
            And won the victory.
            O victory in Jesus,
            My Savior, forever.
            He sought me and bought me
            With His redeeming blood;
            He loved me ere I knew Him
            And all my love is due Him,
            He plunged me to victory,
            Beneath the cleansing flood.
            I heard about His healing,
            Of His cleansing pow'r revealing.
            How He made the lame to walk again
            And caused the blind to see;
            And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
            Come and heal my broken spirit,"
            And somehow Jesus came and bro't
            To me the victory.
              O victory in Jesus,
              My Savior, forever.
              He sought me and bought me
              With His redeeming blood;
              He loved me ere I knew Him
              And all my love is due Him,
              He plunged me to victory,
              Beneath the cleansing flood.
            I heard about a mansion
            He has built for me in glory.
            And I heard about the streets of gold
            Beyond the crystal sea;
            About the angels singing,
            And the old redemption story,
            And some sweet day I'll sing up there
            The song of victory.
              O victory in Jesus,
              My Savior, forever.
              He sought me and bought me
              With His redeeming blood;
              He loved me ere I knew Him
              And all my love is due Him,
              He plunged me to victory,
              Beneath the cleansing flood.

8 comments:

the undomesticated wife said...

This song reminds me of my childhood church home, too! I can hear my dad's voice singing it.

Sherri said...

You know this is my favorite hymn as well..page 176 of the hymnal right?

Shannon said...

That is one of my favorite hymns. I love that song.

Anonymous said...

you just can't help but smile when thinking of this song. it's one of my favorites!!!

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schwadette said...

SInging as I read this one... LOVE this song! I grew up in a Baptist church also - the hymns are one of the things I miss the most! THanks for the reminder :)!

Georgia Girl said...

Love this song also...my favorite was He Lives...being a PK I know lots of songs from the hymnal but love He Lives and yes he sure does!

Great post!

Jennifer said...

I loved this song growing up in my small church home...still do. It was the song I walked to aisle to after getting saved!