Misc Praise Songs – Help Us Accept Each Other (Guitar)

     G              D        C        D      G
Help us accept each other as Christ accepted us;

      G             Em            C      G    D
teach us as sister, brother, each person to embrace.

   G             C     G       Em            Am
Be present, God, among us, and bring us to believe

   G               Am         C        D        G
we are ourselves accepted and meant to love and live.

      G               D           C      D     G
Teach us, O God, your lessons, as in our daily life

   G              Em        C          G        D
we struggle to be human and search for hope and faith.

      G              C  G        Em                Am
Teach us to care for people, for all, not just for some,

   G               Am            C       D     G
to love them as we find them, or as they may become.

    G               D             C       D      G
Let your acceptance change us, so that we may be moved

   G          Em        C      G        D
in living situations to do the truth in love;

   G             C    G        Em             Am
To practice your acceptance, until we know by heart

    G           Am           C          D       G
The table of forgiveness and laughter's healing art.

     G             D             C       D      G
God, for today's encounters with all who are in need,

    G            Em            C        G        D
who hunger for acceptance, for righteousness and bread,

      G               C  G        Em                Am
Bring us new eyes for seeing, new hands for holding on;

  G                Am           C        D       G
renew us with your Spirit; God! Free us, make us one.