Count Your Blessings is a late nineteenth-century gospel song by Johnson Oatman Jr.
Hymns Based on Hebrews 13:5
Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Hebrews 13:5
"Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”"
— Hebrews 13:5
Theological Significance
This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Comfort, Assurance, Providence, Perseverance, Trust. Many worship songs connected to Hebrews 13:5 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.
Sermon Themes from This Passage
- Comfort
- Assurance
- Providence
- Perseverance
- Trust
Suggested Hymns for Worship
Example Worship Flow
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Call to Worship Psalm 100
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Opening Hymn Count Your Blessings
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3
Scripture Reading Hebrews 13:5
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4
Sermon Comfort
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5
Response Hymn I Could Not Do Without Thee
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Reflection Hymn God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
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Closing Hymn God of Our Life, Through All the Circling Years
Hymns Inspired by This Passage
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength is a metrical setting of Psalm 46, giving the church a strong confession of trust in God amid upheaval.
God of Our Life, Through All the Circling Years is a hymn of trust for changing seasons.
“How Firm a Foundation” is a hymn of assurance built unusually around the promises of Scripture themselves.
“I Could Not Do Without Thee” is Frances Ridley Havergal’s confession that every dimension of Christian life depends upon Christ.
I've Seen the Lightning Flashing is a gospel hymn of assurance in the presence of Christ.
Jesus Is All the World to Me is a gospel hymn of personal allegiance to Christ.
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms is an American gospel hymn of trust, assurance, and consolation built around the image in Deuteronomy 33:27.
Stand By Me is a gospel hymn of petition and trust in which Charles Albert Tindley places the believer’s troubles within the larger reality of God’s sustaining presence.
Standing At The Portal is a New Year hymn of trust, courage, and divine promise.
“The Lily of the Valley” is a gospel testimony centered on the sufficiency and companionship of Jesus Christ.
There's a Peace in My Heart, usually indexed under the title Constantly Abiding, is a gospel testimony about the stability Christ gives when outward circumstances remain unsettled.
Try Jesus is a twentieth-century Southern gospel invitation song that contrasts the emptiness of worldly pleasure with the sufficiency of Christ.
“Walking in Sunlight All of My Journey,” historically published under the title “Heavenly Sunlight,” is a gospel hymn of Christian assurance built around the biblical image of light.
What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine, more widely known as Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, is a gospel hymn of assurance, comfort, and trust.