CONTRITION FOUND AT THE CROSS
Don Fortner
(Tune:
America the Beautiful #531 CMD)
No
sacrifice does God require,
No
offering from me;
The sacrifice which He requires
Is true
humility.
The sacrifices of God are
A
broken spirit, and
A broken and a contrite heart
He
never will condemn.
"The Lord is nigh unto them that
Are of a broken heart;"
He
saves the contrite spirit and
From
such will not depart.
My God,
my haughty heart now break
By Your
almighty grace!
Contrition is not natural
To
Adam's fallen race.
Pour
out Your Spirit, God of grace,
And cause this wretch to see
Your
Son for sinners crucified
Upon
the cursed tree.
O break
my heart! O weep my soul!
Before
the Crucified!
Contrition and humility
Is faith in Him who died!