The song I Have Decided to Follow Jesus is a popular Christian hymn that was inspired by the last words of a Garo man in Assam, in northeast India, during the 19th century. This man, his wife, and their children were pressured to renounce their newfound faith in Jesus Christ and upon refusal, were executed. The story was first passed down orally before being put into hymn form by Sadhu Sundar Singh, an Indian Sikh evangelist in the early 20th cen ... See more [+] tury. The melody is said to be traditional Indian.