Hymns Based on Luke 9:23

Are Ye Able turns a difficult Gospel exchange into a congregational examination of discipleship.

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus is a compact hymn of Christian discipleship whose strength lies in repeated personal commitment.

“I Surrender All” is a late nineteenth-century gospel hymn about consecration: the deliberate offering of one's whole life to Jesus Christ.

Jesus Calls Me, I Must Follow is a compact gospel song about Christian discipleship: Christ calls, and the believer answers with obedience, trust, and perseverance.

Jesus Calls Us O'er the Tumult is a hymn of Christian discipleship centered on the continuing summons of Christ.

“Lead On, O King Eternal” is a hymn of Christian vocation written at the threshold between preparation and service.

“Living for Jesus” is a hymn of consecration in which Christian dedication is presented as a response to Christ's prior saving work.

More Like the Master is a prayer for sanctification measured by resemblance to Jesus Christ.

Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone is a historic hymn of Christian discipleship whose familiar form developed through several centuries of adaptation.

Take My Life and Let It Be is a prayer of whole-life consecration.

Take Up Thy Cross is a hymn of Christian discipleship built directly on Jesus’ call to self-denial and faithful following in the Synoptic Gospels.

Thou, My Everlasting Portion, also widely known as Close to Thee, is a prayer for continuing fellowship with Christ.

We Have Heard Thy Call, Lord Jesus—published under the title “The Youth of the World”—is a Christian youth hymn built around a public answer to Christ’s call.

Where He Leads Me is a late nineteenth-century gospel song of discipleship, consecration, and trust.