Hymns for Personal Devotions

by Jerry B. Jenkins

This lovely hardback book, HYMNS FOR PERSONAL DEVOTIONS, was compiled and annotated by Jerry B. Jenkins. Designed for personal use as a follow-up for daily quiet times, the book contains 52 hymns, one for each week of the year. The selections were chosen because they address God personally and are not simply written about God. The author hopes that the believer, when using the book on a daily basis following their prayer time, will sing one song per week each day and learn the song better and enhance the believer’s prayer time when praising the Lord in song. Some of the hymns selected are “Holy, Holy, Holy,” “Whiter than Snow,” “I Surrender All,” “My Redeemer,” and “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee.” The 144-page book was published in 1989. It is 5-1/2 inches wide by 8-3/4 inches tall by 1/2 inch thick. Each of the 52 hymns has an accompanying essay written by the author on the opposite page from the song.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1989

About the author

Jerry Bruce Jenkins is an American novelist and biographer. He is best known as the writer of the Left Behind series of books for Tim LaHaye and The Chosen novels to accompany his son Dallas's TV series. Jenkins has written more than 200 books, including mysteries, historical fiction, biblical fiction, cop thrillers, international spy thrillers, and children's adventures, as well as nonfiction. His works usually feature Christians as protagonists. In 2005, Jenkins and LaHaye ranked 9th in Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary list of Hall of Fame authors based on books sold at Amazon.com during its first 10 years. Jenkins now teaches writers to become authors here at his website. He and his wife Dianna have three sons and eight grandchildren.

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Neat little book highlighting some of the great classic hymns. I admit I did not use the devotional the way the author asks you to use it but I still got a lot of enjoyment out of it and learned some interesting facts about the particular hymns.