some songs I’ve written

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Shall I

Shall I, the beggar, claim that I

Have put God in my debt?

Shall I forget that all my sins

Have earned me Hell and death?

Shall I, the helpless, hope that all

My works will make me clean?

Shall I forget that my best works

Are filthy with my sins?

Shall I, the rebel, brag that I

Am worthy of God’s love?

Shall I forget my sins make me

An object of his wrath?

So I, the sinner, only hope

In Christ, who died for sins

No faith I have in my own works

All faith I have in him

God be merciful to me

God be merciful to me

A weak and helpless man

For all my works I count as good

Are only filled with sin

But Christ, the sinless Son of Man

Fulfilled your laws’ demands

If I should trust in my own deeds

I’d only be condemned

God forgive me of my sins

They are too great to tell

If I should bear them long then they

Will drag me down to Hell

But Christ for sins was sacrificed

The Lamb of God was slain

For I have sinned, but now I beg

Please wash and make me clean

God please show your grace to me

My faith is small and frail

I know that you are faithful, yet

I still fear you will fail

But Christ is strong, and he is true

He will not lose his own

Your promises are sure, so I

Will trust in Christ alone

If you might think this song would be good for your church’s worship, here’s the deal: I don’t really care what changes you make to the music, but don’t change the lyrics.

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• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Audie.

This one is a bit different from earlier songs. I don’t think it’s more “important”, but maybe “current” is a better word. It’s a song addressing the church itself, and it’s a rather negative song, too, though not without a measure of hope.

Gather, Saints

Gather, saints, gather, come repent and mourn

Gather, be sober of mind

Lay aside all of your garments of mirth

They are unfit for these times

Dark is the world as it revels in sin

Dark is the soul that rebels

Dark is the heart as it boasts in its shame

Calling good what is evil

Yet now the church craves the applause of men

They would serve two different lords

But they have turned their backs on their Savior

While they are wooing the world

Dark is the pulpit where Christ is not ignored

Where preaching is made a game

Dark is the church where the holy is mocked

And where the Word is profaned

Trust not in princes for they will but fail

Trust not in leaders who boast

Trust not in those who would flatter your ears

Feeding your pride and self-trust

Those who are friends with the world should not think

They are still friends of our God

Come, church, remember who is your true Lord

And return to your first love

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• This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Audie.

Holy, holy, holy Lord

God is most holy

Nothing evil, nothing vile

Can be found in Him

God is perfect, wholly pure

He stands above all

Angels ever sing His praise

Men before Him fall

God is holy and demands

We must be like Him

“Be holy” and “Be perfect”

Are His great commands

Man in Eden was perfect

And God walked with them

But such fellowship was lost

When man fell in sin

God is holy in justice

His degrees are good

He has given us His rules

And obey we should

But we have broken His laws

Since Adam’s great fall

Justice demands punishment

Death and Hell for all

God is holy in mercy

Showing grace to all

Sin demands full payment and

God had paid in full

The wages of sin is death

Hell is what we’ve earned

But God has so loved the world

That He gave His Son

God is holy in His love

Holy in His grace

Justice will be satisfied

Mercy free to save

Jesus Christ who bore our sins

And was crucified

Freely offers forgiveness

And eternal life

This one was a bit trick. Guess I was trying to say a lot in a limited amount of words. I hope it came out well, and says what needed to be said.

Jesus reigns above the heavens

King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Very God, Lord of Creation

Ruler over all the world

Yet He has come down to this earth

Taking on the flesh of man

Walked among us as a servant

Fully man, but without sin

Jesus by His words created

Earth and sun and all that is

They were made for His good pleasure

And by right they are all His

Yet for man, who chose to rebel,

Jesus came to bleed and die

He, the Lamb of God, became the

Willing, divine sacrifice

Jesus is holy and perfect

Worthy of worship and praise

Worthy of our highest service

And submission all our days

Yet He came and suffered torments

Mocked and scourged and crucified

As a lamb is led to slaughter

By His Father’s will He died

Jesus sits as judge of all men

All our deeds are known to him

All mankind has broken God’s laws

And we are justly condemned

Yet He is the friend of sinners

He died for His enemies

Grace and salvation He offers

To sinners who will believe