“Moment by Moment” by Daniel W. Whittle

Dirt path beside flowing river with green trees and hills

Hymnal Page Scan: Hymns of Glorious Praise page 296 | Hymnary.org

Piano Recording:

This hymn talks about what I was writing about in yesterday’s post. When you are singing through the chorus, try to envision moving moment by moment…step by step…along the pathway with Jesus. He carries us from moment to moment. Yesterday we prayed for God to help us scan our environment with an eye of faith. Sometimes when we are stuck in threat mode we cannot find safety in our physical/visible environment — or can’t find a way to feel safe. But when we scan the invisible spiritual realm with an eye of faith, we see (or sense) that Jesus is there we us…that we are kept in His love from moment to moment. That means that there is not one moment that goes by that we are ever outside of God’s care for us. Once we feel safe, we can hopefully get out of that frozen state and start to feel a flowing energy. We can let life flow from moment to moment in that atmosphere of praise that we talked about yesterday.

1 Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;
Living with Jesus, a new life divine;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am thine.

Refrain:
Moment by moment I’m kept in his love;
Moment by moment I’ve life from above;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am thine.

2 Never a trial that he is not there,
Never a burden that he doth not bear,
Never a sorrow that he doth not share,
Moment by moment, I’m under his care. [Refrain]

3 Never a weakness that he doth not feel,
Never a sickness that he cannot heal;
Moment by moment, in woe or in weal,
Jesus, my Savior, abides with me still. [Refrain]

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