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Take My Life and Let it Be
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Oct 9, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Chris Tomlin sings “Take My Life and Let It Be,” the hymn Frances Ridley Havergal wrote in 1874. She is said to have written it after a visit during which several in the house came to faith, and it became a model for dedication. The hymn works through the parts of a person and offers each to God.
The first verses give time and body: “Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless praise,” “take my hands and let them move at the impulse of Thy love,” and “take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.” Next she offers her voice and lips, “always, only, for my King,” then wealth and mind, “take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold.” The last stanzas offer will and heart, “It shall be Thy royal throne,” and then love and self, “ever, only, all for Thee.”
The idea of presenting your body is Romans 12:1. A heart offered to God is Psalm 51:17, and loving him with all your heart, soul and mind is Matthew 22:37.
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Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee,
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee,
Filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose,
Every power as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart; it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee.