Misc Praise Songs – Because The Saviour Prayed (Guitar)

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and taught his friends to say, ‘Your will be done’,

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we own our need to live by God’s own word

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and walk together following Christ our Lord.

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Our narrow loyalties have had the day

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these separate paths evading Jesus’ way:

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We sadly own the scars that mar the past

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yet gladly seek the road God made to last.

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We are our Saviour’s body: Christ the head,

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first born of God, first risen from the dead.

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Competing, we debase his holy will;

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engaging, his intention we fulfil.

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So, guide us, Lord, and take us by the hand,

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and show us how to love and understand;

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reveal, within the differences we share,

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the pattern of your glory, grace and care.

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And when our journey here has reached its end,

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and strangers are the pilgrims you intend,

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may we as one, forgiving and forgiven,

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enjoy you in the harmony of heaven.