What a Friend We Have in Jesus
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2025
- Whenever I think of this hymn, I think it's title should be "Take It To The Lord in Prayer" as that is the encouragement throughout the song. Also reminded of how many times Jesus went away to pray to God the Father. God the Son Himself took the pain of the trial and crucifixion to prayer and sweat drops of blood. May we take everything to the Lord in prayer trusting not that we will or should be removed from all pain or adversity, but that we have a Saviour who conquered through it all and sympathizes with us (maybe I will have to do "The Great Physician Now is Near").
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Lyrics:
What a friend we have in Jesus
all our sins and griefs to bear
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer
O what peace we often forfeit
O what needless pain we bear
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer
Have we trials and temptations
Is there trouble anywhere
We should never be discouraged
take it to the Lord in prayer
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share
Jesus knows our every weakness
take it to the Lord in prayer
Are we weak and heavy laden
cumbered with a load of care
Precious Savior, still our refuge
take it to the Lord in prayer
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee
Take it to the Lord in prayer
In his arms he'll take and shield thee
thou wilt find a solace there
Words by: Joseph M. Scriven
Music by: Charles C. Converse
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*Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised*
*Thou wilt all our burdens bear;*
*May we ever, Lord, be bringing*
*All to Thee in earnest prayer.*
*Soon in glory bright, unclouded,*
*There will be no need for prayer-*
*Rapture, praise, and endless worship*
*Will be our sweet portion there.*
*The original lyrics*
*What a Friend We Have in Jesus*
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What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit;
Oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
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Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble *everywhere?*
We should never be discouraged
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
³
Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still Our refuge
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee;
Thou will find a solace there.
*-The often forgotten 4th verse-*
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*Blessed Savior, Thou hast promised*
*Thou wilt all our burdens bear;*
*May we ever, Lord, be bringing*
*All to Thee in earnest prayer.*
*Soon in glory bright, unclouded,*
*There will be no need for prayer-*
*Rapture, praise, and endless worship*
*Will be our sweet portion there.*
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¹¹ And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
*-Exodus 33:11*
¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
*-John 15:13*
²³ And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
*-John 16:23-24*
I have to tell you, I am concerned about the 10 here who are not friends w Jesus, or do not like peaceful relaxing stress-reducing worship music. One day these will know exactly who Jesus is, I pray that happens sooner for those than later. For then those who want to know Him and be with Him earnestly will have lost their opportunity. Thank you Steve for sharing your gifts with the body of Christ, bless you.
Amen. Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Nice encounter with your praise in my prayers
May God bless you✝️
I used to hear and learn to play within 30 to 40 years . GOD BLESS YOU , YOUR MINISTRY ❤😊
Another SOLID ROCK great song from days gone by. Awesome - thanks for playing it brother.
I love this hymn.
This is my first Christian song I learned and memorized when I was really new from my faith, my childhood days of being a born again Christian. Every time I sing it, I felt humbled knowing that Jesus is my faithful Friend, accepted me as I am!
I feel like you are keeping the classic hymns alive as so many churches exchange them for worship songs and rock bands. I can relax with Jesus in worship with this beautiful What A Friend We Have In Jesus. Thank you! I'm taken back to my new Christian days of my childhood. You have a historical archive going here!
Thank you so much! I always come to your page when looking for my daily hymn, in amazing Grace 366 inspiring hymn stories for daily devotions by Kenneth Osbeck. Thank you again for this beautiful rendition of this beautiful hymn.
Greetings from the Land of Smile - Thailand!I am a Filipino currently serving as volunteer teacher in Thailand. I am crying while singing along with you. I was converted as a Christian due to this song as well. Apart from that, this is my father's favorite song...it would always reminds me of him. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
I love listening to your soothing voice, you are such a talented young man. Thank you for sharing your gift with us, it blesses my life.
Excellent Stephen! thank you!
Really nice singing brother especially with your guitar. This shows that you really love the Lord our God who is also our Saviour. God shall richly bless you and take you to much more greater heights and levels.
wow! I'm surprised you don't have more views! you are very talented, more talented than a lot of people with millions of viewers.
The Lord bless you, brother. Thank you for your music ministry to the saints of Christ Jesus. It is needed in this world that is growing darker with wickedness and sin.
Maranatha, Lord!
I was 13 when we lost my Grandma to Bone Cancer. I remember her singing this in her morning devotion at 4 every morning.. this always gets me to tears. there's just a lot of assurance and spirit in this song. very lovely
Amen. what a beautiful song.There's no Friend like Jesus. we bear needless pain, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. It's like suffering from a sickness and the doctor is most willing to help, but we forget to call him.
Thank you so much for what you do.. these worship sons are so uplifting and whenever I come back to listen again, I feel so blessed.. so mellow and touches my SPIRIT.. God bless you and your whole family more and more.. and I fell that you are so blessed..
Amen
Viewing the comments, it's inspiring and touching to see the worldwide family of the Lord. TY for sharing your beautiful voice to sing His praises!
Beautiful!!
Thank you Jesus for your Endless Love. God bless and multiply your talents a 1000 fold for using your talent for all his glory!
I'm so glad I found your videos, what comforting music. Thanks for posting!
I can listen to you singing every single morning! Bless your soul
Awesome song sung and played so Beautifully! Thank you so very Much for this video I have added it to my play list. I Love this hymn and the way you sing it too ♥
Incredible singing sir.
One of my very dearest loved hymns and I love your voice singing it. I 'loop' it and just let these beautiful words fill my heart with peace and joy in my Lord. Joseph Sciven had a very sorrowful life and yet he wrote these beautiful words. Stephen, @TheNCrew, you wrote you thought the title of the hymn should be have been, "Take it to the Lord in Prayer", well, Joseph Sciven wrote this hymn as poem to his very ill mother who was in Ireland while he was in Canada and the title he wrote for it was, "Pray without Ceasing" so your title was his intent. When Charles C. Converse wrote the music for the poem years later he renamed it "What a Friend with have in Jesus". What an encouragement this poem in musical form has been.
Thank you for sharing. That is neat to hear about the title of the poem.
You do such a nice job of playing hymns in a "relaxed" version, yet doing justice to the original song. We love your ministry!
Yes,Amen thanks u Lord❤
Yes,Amen thanks u Lord❤
Amen and amen!!!
I am so blessed!
What a blessing ! Thank you !
This is the first hymn my late father taught me back in the 1980s. Beautiful rendition, thanks!
Nice!
"Quão bondoso amigo é CRISTO!!!! AMÉM SEMPRE!!!!
Esse hino fala muito ao meu coração. Meu pai embalava meus sonos quando pequena entoando canções cristãs e uma dela era a versão em Português desse louvor.
Bendito seja Deus por nós proporcionar Jesus como o nosso verdadeiro amigo! 😍💖
Thank You Very Much for your songs! from the Philippines
wow what a God given recording singing voice or voices should I say not leaving any one out and The love of God song exceptional was and is a first class performance, Keep it up boys your ministry is within your singing, God bless you all
amen. beautiful.
So touched listening to this.
Thanks for adding the lyrics... I love this hymn and I never did know the words to all three verses😊
Ah, did you see them in the description or with the closed captions? Hoping people notice when I add Closed Captions for the lyrics, as a few have requested it for singing along. :-)
I love that you keep the it the classic way.
Canções que preenchem os espaços vagos da alma. "Minha alma tem sede. sede do Deus vivo".
Please, say hello to Brasil!!!
Parabéns pelo belo trabalho. Deus continue a te abençoar.
Hello Brasil! Wonderful to hear from people all over the world. :-)
Nice
Just wonderful...natural and easy to listen to and absorb...a change in expression would add to the wonderful experience of coming to Him Who gives us joy - May God bless you as you bring us into His solace...
благодарим сердечно! это мой любимый гимн. ..God bless you and your family!
praise the Lord
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this is wonderful you sing it very good...i am soo blessed to hear my favorite song since i am small kid...be blessed my brother
Creator Father Son Holy Spirit Friend ✝
so great
What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer! Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer!
2. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged- Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; Take it to the Lord in prayer.
3. Are we weak and heavy-laden, Cumbered with a load of care? Precious Savior, still our refuge- Take it to the Lord in prayer. Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In His arms He’ll take and shield thee, Thou wilt find a solace there.
Cool!
I wanted you to know every time I click on one of your songs I click like and even5 min later when I come back i have to reclick like on it I try to re-like whenever I’m listening to music on UA-cam. I think your being monetized or something like it cuz no other song do I have to click like on multiple times lol. Anyways I do like your song, I imagine you’d have millions of likes if it were keeping track of it correctly 😉
hello, can yo u sing the "Sweet Hour of Prayer"? Thank you.
Please, can you send me the chords you are using?
Hm, I'm not sure if I wrote the chords down, but it may be something I can do easy enough. I'm not home right now, so we'll see when I get back if I can remember to do this. Can you send an email to info@thencrew.com with this request to remind me? :-)
Can you tell me what chords you are using?
+Joel Apodaca Perhaps if you send an email to info@thencrew.com and when I have time I will write the chords with the lyrics. I tried to do the chords as close to the hymn book as I could on the first verse and then changed them a little on the second and third.
благодарим сердечно! это мой любимый гимн. ..God bless you and your family!
благодарим сердечно! это мой любимый гимн. ..God bless you and your family!