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10/29/06
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Teach Me To Live What You Say

Some time ago, my pastor posted on his blog asking if anyone could identify the author of a song called “Teach Me To Love What You Say.” We sang the song in church this morning and I noted that it is still marked with “Author and copyright information unknown.” So I guess he never tracked it down. It is a sweet song and one the children seem to enjoy singing a great deal. Do you happen to know who wrote it?

Teach Me to Live What You Say
Teach me to live what You say,
Make me a child who’ll obey;
Holy in all that I do,
May I bring glory to You.

My life is all Yours to shape as You will
I’ll be the glove for Your hand to fill;
I want to be pleasing, to You may it be,
That You might be glorified somehow in me.

To be more like Jesus with each passing day;
More like the Master in every way,
A servant who’s yielded his heart to the One,
Who gives life and says to His servant, “Well done!”

Teach Me To Live What You Say

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1. Shane
October 29, 2006
5:06 PM

I do not know who wrote it, but I like it.

2. ReformedMommy
October 29, 2006
5:44 PM

Wow - that one brings back memories. We used to sing it back in the day at The Master’s College. I wonder if the folks who run chapel there might know …

3. Paul Martin
October 29, 2006
7:38 PM

Hey ReformedMommy,

Do I know you? That is where I learned it!

4. clyde
October 29, 2006
7:43 PM

growing up at Grace Community Church we sung that one quite a bit, and I remember reading that the author was unknown on the overhead sheet…

sorry i cannot help.

(but my wife did go to the Master’s College too)

5. paul
October 30, 2006
8:03 AM

Looks a good song for children. Does anyone know the tune?

6. james
October 30, 2006
8:11 AM

The song was written by Don Kistler while he was a member of Grace Community Church. You could probably get a copy of the sheet music by writing to Clayton Erb, the music pastor there.

7. james
October 30, 2006
9:10 AM

And the title of the song is actually “Glory to You.”

8. Michael
October 30, 2006
11:05 AM

I sang that in chapel at TMC in the late 80’s as well. It kind of has a waltz feel to it. That and the “Come and See”, “Oh, How Lovely is the Morning”, and a whole slew of Twyla Paris songs where some of my faves.