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[I am a sheep and the Lord is my shepherd]

[I am a sheep and the Lord is my shepherd]

Composer: Dennis L. Jernigan
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Dennis L. Jernigan

Born: 1959, Sapulpa, Oklahoma. You may not recognize the name or the face of Dennis Jernigan, but there is a good chance you know some of his music. Songs like “We Will Worship the Lamb of Glory”, “Thank You”, “Great is the Lord Almighty”, “Who Can Satisfy My Soul (There is a Fountain), “I Belong to Jesus”, “Nobody Fills My Heart Like Jesus”, and “You Are My All in All” have been sung widely by the body of Christ since the early 1990s. Having written hundreds of songs (even though Jernigan does not see himself as a song writer but, rather, a song “receiver”), there is so much more to the man than simply a musician. Dennis has given a great deal of his life to setting the spiritually captive free. Having w… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [I am a sheep and the Lord is my shepherd]
Composer: Dennis L. Jernigan
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: © 1988 Shepherd's Heart Music, Inc.

Texts

I Am a Shepherd

I am a sheep and the Lord is my Shepherd,
Watching over my soul.
My soul to keep guarding over me ever.
Watching wherever I go.

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Timeline

Instances

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Songs of Faith and Praise #533

The Minter Lane Hymnal VI #49

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