HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR SOV'REIGN GRACE
Don Fortner
(Tune:
Lord God, Our Thanks To Thee We Raise #180 LM)
Had it
not been for sov'reign grace,
I never could have come to God
I never
would have sued for peace
Through
Jesus' sin-atoning blood.
As
black as hell my heart was dead
And
filled with unbelief and sin;
I chose
to live as satan led,
And
hell my portion must have been!
But grace, amazing grace, I see
Arrested
and awakened me!
Grace
taught my trembling heart to pray;
Grace
gave me faith and set me free!
A
miracle of grace I am,
Sought
out by God's almighty hand,
I now
believe on Christ, the Lamb,
Complete
in Him, by grace, I stand.
Grace
will complete what grace began,
Grace
will preserve me to the end
Forever I must praise God's Son
For free and sov'reign grace in Him!