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Teach Me To Live What You Say
- 10/29/06
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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!”
I am a follower of Jesus Christ, a husband to Aileen and a father to three young children. I worship and serve as a pastor at 
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Comments (8)
I do not know who wrote it, but I like it.
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 . . .
Hey ReformedMommy,
Do I know you? That is where I learned it!
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)
Looks a good song for children. Does anyone know the tune?
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.
And the title of the song is actually “Glory to You.”
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.