The Booth Brothers - Try Jesus Lyrics

"Try Jesus" repeats a single suggestion across a growing list of specific needs, naming Jesus as friend, counselor, healer, and guide in turn rather than offering one general description. Each need named, closer than a brother, better than a mother's counsel, a hand to walk on water, is paired immediately with the same short instruction, framing the song as practical advice rather than abstract praise. A middle line insists that Jesus alone knows both a person's condition and their heart's true intention, grounding the repeated suggestion in claimed complete understanding rather than surface familiarity. Later lines widen the list further, naming sacrifice, healing beyond a doctor's help, strength for difficult days, and repeated forgiveness, treating each new hardship as another reason to repeat the same suggestion. The closing lines state directly that this recommendation does not fail even when doubt arises, turning what began as gentle advice into a settled, repeatable conclusion by the song's end.