Thursday 2 November 2017

Repentant, Forgiven and Renewed!

Lord I come to you in humility
I know not how to approach your sacred throne
For your holiness is pure and perfect
Yet my heart is corrupted in my sinfulness
Everyday have I forsaken your commands
I am a lonely stranger isolated in a dessert place

Though on my own I can never be worthy
Still my heart’s door I hear you knock everyday
Clean my house from inside out
Clean my heart and restore my soul
I bow down to repent of my iniquities
A lonely stranger isolated in a dessert place

Father of grace and mercy
You bring down all my high peaks of pride
Only by your power I admit my wrongdoing
Lift up all my depressed areas of life
For there I’ve daily tortured and punished myself
A lonely stranger isolated in a dessert place

Lord of all forgiveness and healing
Straighten my crooked ways merciful Father
I have lied and deceived; will you knit and neaten me
In the presence of your lustrous light
My guilt and shame to be atoned at last
Not any longer a lonely stranger isolated in a dessert place

In your presence you embrace me with true love
In your presence I repent of all my sins
In your presence alone will I be forever free
In your presence I am washed, cleansed and forgiven
In your forgiveness I am made new in Your Spirit
Never again a lonely stranger isolated in a dessert place