Gloria Gaither (b. March 4, 1942) is a songwriter for gospel music, along with her husband, Bill Gaither. She also sang in the Bill Gaither Trio, one of the most influential groups in recent Christian music.
I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
Bill & Gloria Gaither Lyrics
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Come unto me a rest
Lay down, O weary one
Lay down thy head upon my breast
I came to Jesus as I was
Weary and worn and sad
I found in him my resting place
And he has made me gald
Take my yoke upon you
And learn of me
For my yoke is easy
And my burden is light
And my burden is light
Take my yoke upon you
And learn of me
For my yoke is easy
And my burden is light
And my burden is light
I heard the voice of Jesus say
Behold i freely give
The living water, thirsty one
Stoop and drink and live
And now i live in him
And he has made me gald
Come unto him and live
The lyrics to Bill & Gloria Gaither's song "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" take on a solemn and heartfelt tone as the singer recollects the moment they heard Jesus' voice calling out to them. The opening line "I heard the voice of Jesus say" sets the tone for the entire song, which is about the comfort and solace that the singer found in Jesus' words.
The singer explains how they came to Jesus "weary and worn and sad," but found rest and comfort in him. The lines "Lay down, O weary one, lay down thy head upon my breast" speak to the idea that we can find peace and rest in Jesus' loving embrace. The chorus repeats the idea that if we take Jesus' yoke upon us and learn from him, we will find that his burden is light.
In the second verse, the singer talks about how Jesus offers living water to those who are thirsty, and if we come to him and drink, we will have everlasting life. The song ends on a hopeful note, as the singer states that they now live in Jesus, and he has made them glad. The overall message of the song is one of hope, comfort, and peace in the midst of life's struggles.
Line by Line Meaning
I heard the voice of Jesus say
I heard the message of Jesus calling to me
Come unto me a rest
Come towards me to find peace
Lay down, O weary one
Let go of your tiredness and stress
Lay down thy head upon my breast
Rest and find comfort in my embrace
I came to Jesus as I was
I approached Jesus with my current state of being
Weary and worn and sad
Tired, exhausted, and unhappy
I found in him my resting place
I discovered peace and comfort in Jesus
And he has made me gald
And he has brought happiness to my life
Take my yoke upon you
Accept my teachings and guidance
And learn of me
And educate yourself about me
For my yoke is easy
Because my teachings are straightforward
And my burden is light
And my expectations are not too heavy
I heard the voice of Jesus say
I heard the message of Jesus calling to me
Behold i freely give
I am offering it to you without any cost
The living water, thirsty one
The spiritual fulfillment that you need
Stoop and drink and live
Come forward and partake to be satisfied and lively again
And now I live in him
And now I exist in his guidance and support
And he has made me glad
And he has brought joy and contentment to my life
Come unto him and live
Approach him and embrace the fulfilling life that he offers
Writer(s): Paul Sjolund
Contributed by Connor S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Rebekka Moeckl-Kaehler
Such a nice song
Tabea Kalimeris
Lyrics:
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place,
And He has made me glad.
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Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me
For My yoke is easy and my burden is light
And My burden is light
2x
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I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one,
Stoop down, and drink, and live.”
And now I live in him
And He has made me glad.
Come unto Me and rest
MD
A prayer supporting the lyrics of the song using caps as emphasis to show the honest reverence for GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY.
On a balcony of space STEPPED A PURE AND HOLY GOD. IN AWESOME SOLITUDE YOU STOOD ALONE. Not one faint star to give YOU light; just endless darkness, it was blackest night. But somehow in the darkness YOU COULD SEE. YOU SAW mountains high and lofty, YOU SAW valleys lush and green. YOU SAW babbling brooks, and wildflowers grow, YOU EVEN HEARD a robin sing. Then through YOUR COMPASSION STANDING OUT THERE IN YOUR TOMORROW, YOU SAW forum's visitors. 🥰
YOU SAW them as sinners (missing the mark resulting in their weaknesses prevailing that causes guilt of wrong doing) because there is no intrinsic righteousness in any of us due to Adam’s sin. YOU SAW them as they grew from a baby into adulthood due to YOUR HANDS OF MERCY. 🥰 YOU SAW them pursuing a career path for the purpose of obtaining the gains of the world not realizing that it is a loss compared to what YOU DID on the cross. YOU SAW them working long and laboring hard to receive the grace by justification even though YOU stated, "This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."(John 6:29 KJV) YOU SAW the unwillingness to accept YOUR PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST. YOU SAW them living with the guilt of committing crimes to the heart. YOU SAW them enduring personal crisis. YOU SAW the weight of the burden on their hearts with each tribulation. YOU SAW them seeking comfort from the above mentioned topography, ONE OF THE MANY MARVELS YOUR PERFECT HANDS HAVE MADE. 👏👏🏾👏👏🏾👏👏🏾 YOU SAW their worries about tomorrow.
If their hearts were a window that they could look through, oh the pains and scars they would see. What a cruel fate the skin gives as a mask to the inward pain. But the skin couldn’t cover THE SUFFERING YOUR ONE AND ONLY SON BORED on the cross as PAYMENT for all our sins because HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE HAD THE MERIT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR HOLINESS. Indeed, ONLY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SUFFICIENT TO SAVE us from this present evil world as evidenced by Mary's song of praise. "And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour." (Luke 1:46-47 KJV) Awesome thanks to YOUR GREAT PARDON for being easy on the heart. 🥰
They have seen a lot of crazy things done in YOUR NAME. For example, the father of lies futile attempts to make crooked the right ways of the LORD to turn people away from faith in the WORKS OF JESUS CHRIST ALONE. How can anyone bear the thought of his or her life story detracting from the GLORY AND HONOR KNOWN TO BELONG TO CHRIST ALONE? As a consequence, YOU ARE A MYSTERY OF GREAT MYSTERY to them. Despite this conviction, YOU ARE MINDFUL of them as evidenced by the fact that YOUR JUDGEMENT is not speedy, allowing them to pursue the desires of the flesh.
They are aware of hypocrisy in religious assemblies that like to be seen and heard. In addition, secular education teaches that there is no right and wrong, if GOD exists there is no way of relating to HIM, and moral standards shift according to the whims of fashion. Therefore, their minds are conditioned to question everything this world has to offer including “THY POWER THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE DISPLAYED.” They have accepted the heavy burden of dealing with the troubles of this life and seek to know another way, YOU THE GREAT COMFORTER TO ALL who did receive YOU as their personal SAVIOR. Still, YOU have shown them NEW MERCY every day with each thought they make and each breath they take.
Unfortunately, like the prodigal son, we are all guilty of wandering far from YOU LORD because the negative experiences of our lives tend to build roadblocks to the TRUTH. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them to identify the way, truth, and eternal life (that is YOU). Since to know and follow your SPIRIT is more exciting than any 007 movie, and YOU DELIGHT MAKING the ordinary into extraordinary. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST MAKE them understand that there is no way around YOUR TRUTH, and that there is something about YOUR NAME. As time marches on, JESUS CHRIST HELP them defeat in their minds what is false in YOUR EYES.
LORD GUIDE their thoughts to know that the path of sin is hard on their hearts for the purpose of crying out to YOU to know the joy, peace of having the heavy burden LIFTED by THE GOD OF PEACE I AM, and ANCHOR their souls in THE HAVEN OF REST. In other words, LORD use the storms in their lives to get a hold of them to trust YOU and believe. In truth, YOU ARE THE JOY that seekest them through pain.
LORD HELP their fainting hearts to believe that YOU, who was slain on the cross over 2000 years ago has the POWER TO CHANGE lives today through the INSTANTANEOUS GREAT FAVOR from GOD to the house of Israel made known in believers by YOU to make YOUR NAME EVERLASTING. 🥰 For as the statue liberates the citizens so the cross liberates the soul. ONLY YOU can calm the trouble waters of the mind when one admits to wanting salvation from one’s sinful nature, JESUS IS LORD, and believes in the heart that GOD RAISED HIM from the dead TO LIFT the heavy burden of sin's guilt away from the heart in accordance to YOUR WORD found in Psalm 51:1-10 KJV. 👏👏🏾👏👏🏾👏👏🏾 O, the wonder of it all to experience within the flesh the feeling of a tree being cut back/pruned inorder for it to grow stronger and more beautiful after meditating on the words of said Psalm. 🥰🙌🙌🏾
LORD MAKE them know that ONLY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, through the experience of a new birth within believers, can prevent the family circle from being broken because THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE YOU HAVE GRANTED means a chapter of their lives is decided. Creation sings the rebirth song for them yearly, through YOUR PROMISE of springtime, giving rise to the idea that by the mention of YOUR NAME flowers grow, and the desert blooms again. 🥰
LORD GUIDE their understanding of words to use to come into YOUR PRESENCE with an honest reverence of WHO YOU ARE to experience the beauty that time can't erase YOUR WISDOM resting on their faces. LORD STRENGTHEN their determination to never waiver in efforts to search for YOU because the wages of sin is too high for anyone to pay. Additionally, THE KING OF KINGS is needed in their hearts to learn how to expand their capacity to love for YOU are LOVE in any language. 🥰 Once they learn to speak it with boldness through YOUR WONDERFUL COUNSELING all the world will hear, and know that LOVE is the language of their hearts. So LORD, KEEP KNOCKING on their door until they let YOU in to know hardships and struggles will end with a GREAT CELEBRATION WITH YOU. 🥰🙌🙌🏾
If one believes faith cannot be forced, YOU WILL GIVE that individual over to the stubborn heart to follow own counsel which will surely fail him or her to the extent that the punishment will last forever found in Psalms 81 NIV. Given this, I pray that YOU WILL MAKE that person see that this feeling is wasted for a world in which we become strangers as we age, gives us thrills instead of peace, aims to solve a problem but creates another, and unrest surges with each passing generation. Shed some light into their broken hearts for YOU ARE THE GREAT JEHOVAH, THE GOD THAT HEALETH thee.
Lastly, LORD when they call on YOU in earnest prayer to come into their hearts to be born again (repentance manifesting itself in a changed life), I pray that YOU WILL GIVE them the blessed assurance of their salvation because nothing breaks YOUR HEART, or tears YOU apart like when they cry from the trials of the devil who comes to slander, falsely accuse, steal, kill & destroy. Only by drawing nearer to YOU LORD will put them on a path to a glorious one way trip winding upward to YOU where pain is not welcome because the heart will never break anymore. For ONLY YOU UNDERSTANDS our tears since YOU LOOK at the heart, while humans look at the flesh.
O LOVE that will not let them go. When they don't have the strength to try, and have cried all they can cry hear their hearts that need YOU more today than yesterday. Many thanks LORD for speaking TRUTH in our lives TO BLESS those who are not offended by THEE. LET YOUR WILL BE DONE because YOUR LOVE ALONE CONQUERS everything by WAITING for them to cease struggling, and finally surrender to YOUR EMBRACE to learn about YOUR LOVE AND PROMISE TO TAKE CARE of your children exquisitely. 🥰 Since... "at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore"... (Psalms 16:11 KJV), and the nail print for them to know YOU by answering the following question. How did CHRIST LOVE people into a relationship with HIM? 🥰
Delia Picart-Hibbert
The Gaithers always thrill my heart the way they sing. Hallelujah
James Riwa Tuvana
Wow! This is realy choir singing, the harmony tho!!!,,,🙏🙏🙏
LaMargera Rivers
It is a cover of the Edwin Hawkins Classic on the original Oh Happy Day album, 1969.
Loraini Vakacautadra
Lovely and soothing to the soul.
Violet Kaluluma
Love this song ❤️
Norma A
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you heavenly Father for music that moves my soul and reminds me of your love and grace.
kalu1952
Musica lindissima
frank figueira
sublime!! tengo los pelos de punta...
Leonardo Paternostro
Hermoso...