In my life, Lord, be glorified

In my life, Lord, be glorified. Bob Kilpatrick* (1952- ). Written in the fall of 1977, in Kilpatrick’s mother-in-law’s house at Atwater, California, as ‘a private song, for Cindy [his wife] and I to sing before we ministered to people.’ It was to be simple, not showy, ‘and would not be for anyone else but us and the Lord.’ It was to be ‘simple – only five notes – pleasing, and an expression of what I really wanted to tell the Lord.’ Although it was conceived as a private song, Kilpatrick played it the next day at an air force chapel. It was recorded in the following year by Maranatha! Music, and has since been played and sung all over the world. Just as the notes are simple, the words are...