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Too Many Times
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Jul 1, 2026 updated
Verified editorial review
Michael W. Smith's 'Too Many Times' is a reflective Christian song about the struggle to surrender fully to God. The lyrics express the tension between wanting to become the person God intends and repeatedly falling back into old habits. The singer acknowledges his weakness and cries out for God to teach him how to 'die' to self, echoing Jesus' call to take up the cross. The song emphasizes the need for humility, openness, and reliance on God's grace to overcome personal failures. It resonates with themes of surrender, prayer, and the ongoing process of sanctification.
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Is it not your life in me?
Yet the how's too hard to see
Too many times
Will I ever finally be
The true, intended me?
Will the old me be freed
And left behind?
Too many times, I'm back inside
Wanting desperately to hide,Yet I know,
I know you say, You have to die
Too many times, You hear my cries
I'm at the end of all my tries
So, I'm open Lord, so, Teach me how to die
Here I am again alone
Afraid I'll lose all that I own
Yet you see me as your own
I cannot fall
And what I am I still am not
At times I count the cost
Yet I find there's nothing lost
If I give it all
Too many times, I'm back inside
Wanting desperately to hide,Yet I know,
I know you say, You have to die
Too many times, You hear my cries
I'm at the end of all my tries
So, I'm open Lord, so, Teach me how to die