Former Hillsong Member Reuben Morgan Shares “Lord I Give You My Heart (Live in Manila),” Calling Believers Back to First-Love Devotion
Former Hillsong Member Reuben Morgan Shares “Lord I Give You My Heart (Live in Manila),” Calling Believers Back to First-Love Devotion. Reuben Morgan has released a new live rendition of the beloved worship classic “Lord I Give You My Heart,” captured in Manila, and anchored to the Great Commandment. The moment is simple yet searching, inviting believers to renew a whole-life response to God that shapes not only Sunday worship but everyday choices, words, and thoughts.
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ (Matthew 22:37),” Morgan wrote, framing the heart behind the release. “Lord I Give You My Heart’ is a song of surrender. It’s a song to encourage us to follow the will of God, and submit to Him our whole lives, our thoughts, our emotions, our minds, every part, knowing that when we do that, our lives are infinitely better.” He adds a simple invitation to encounter the new recording: “Listen to ‘Lord I Give You My Heart’ (Live in Manila) – out now.”
First introduced more than two decades ago, the song has become a fixture in congregations around the world because its prayer is plain and courageous. It does not reach for clever language. It asks for a transformation that starts on the inside and reaches the edges of daily life. Morgan’s choice to spotlight Matthew 22:37 underlines that the lyric is not merely about personal sincerity; it is a direct response to Jesus’ own definition of wholehearted love. Heart, soul, and mind are not rival parts; they are a united offering, and this life takes encouragement to bring all three.
The Manila setting gives the song fresh colour. Live worship often reveals why certain songs endure. You hear the congregation carry the refrain as if it were their own journal entry. You sense the pace of the room as it moves from quiet reflection to confident confession. Without adding unnecessary spectacle, this performance leans into the melody’s gentle lift and the lyric’s plain-spoken plea. It is the kind of recording that pastors can place at the end of a message, that small groups can play as a prayer, and that individuals can keep on repeat during morning devotions.
The message also lands at a time when many believers are asking how to keep their faith from becoming just content consumption. Morgan’s post does not scold, it shepherds. The emphasis on submission speaks against compartmentalised living, where belief lives in the mind but not in the calendar. “Every part” is the phrase that lingers. It suggests the Lordship of Jesus in our inner life and our outer habits, our emotional reactions and our intellectual frameworks, our private prayers and our public posture.
For worship leaders and church teams, “Live in Manila” functions as both a resource and a reminder. It is a resource because the arrangement feels accessible for bands of different sizes, and a reminder. After all, it draws leaders back to the why behind the setlist. The point is not novelty. The point is agreement with God’s will, sung plainly by a room full of people who mean it.
“Lord I Give You My Heart (Live in Manila)” is available to stream now. Whether you are discovering the song for the first time or returning to a prayer that shaped your early walk with Jesus, this release offers a timely invitation. Love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind, and let that love set the tempo for the rest of your life.
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