Must-see video: CeCe Winans’ Thrilling “Blessed Assurance”

From last night’s telecast of the Kennedy Center Honors on CBS: the acclaimed gospel singer CeCe Winans pays tribute to honoree, actress Cicely Tyson, with a goosebump-inducing rendition of the hymn “Blessed Assurance.” It’s something to see and hear.

The words:

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.

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Perfect submission, perfect delight!
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Just watch.