“Into the Waters" Original Hymn (Peter Walks on Water)
“Into the Waters" Original Hymn (Peter Walks on Water)
DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD
This hymn, originally written for the Wandering Heart bundle for Lent 2024, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.
License for congregational use is included in the purchase—no reporting to CCLI or other licensing agencies is required. To inquire about other uses, such as recording or publishing, please contact us.
“Into the Waters”
Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU (“Ah Holy Jesus”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2024
Music: Johann Crüger (1640)
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PDF sheet music with four-part harmony
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Lyrics to copy and paste for bulletins and screens
Lyrics:
Into the Waters
Tune: HERZLIEBSTER JESU (“Ah Holy Jesus”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2024
Music: Johann Crüger (1640)
Into the waters, timid and unsteady
Bare feet find purchase in the water’s eddies
Eyes fixed on Jesus while the storm is raging
And waves are breaking
But then the winds shift and I let my gaze break
Fear starts to drag me underneath the lake’s waves
In my distress I cry out to my Savior,
“Save me from danger!”
Safe in the boat I wonder where the fault lies
Was it the storm or my own reckless desire
To have control or prove myself as able
Rather than faithful
Grace for the journey, grace for all my failings
Grace when I’m sinking, grace when storms assail me
Faith in myself and faith in God’s provision
Not my ambition
credit info:
Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org
