Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

I was an orphan, lost at the fall; running away when I’d hear you call,

But Father, you worked your will.

I had no righteousness of my own

I had no right to draw near your throne,

But Father, you loved me still.

Chorus 1

 And in love, before you laid the world’s foundation,

 You predestined to adopt me as your own.

 You have raised me up so high above my station;

 I’m a child of God by grace, and grace alone

Verse 2

same as verse 1

You left your home to seek out the lost;

You knew the great and terrible cost

But Jesus, your face was set.

I worked my fingers down to the bone;

Nothing I did could ever atone,

Jesus, you paid my debt.

Chorus 2

same as chorus 1

By your blood I have redemption and salvation.

Lord you died that I might reap what you have sown,

And you rose that I might be a new creation.

I am born again by grace, and grace alone.

Bridge

I was darkness all of my life,

I never knew the day from the night,

But Spirit, you made me see.

I swore I knew the way on my own;

Head full of rocks, a heart made of stone

But Spirit, you moved in me.

Chorus 3

And At your touch my sleeping spirit was awakened;

On my darkened heart the light of Christ has shone.

Called into a kingdom that cannot shaken;

Heaven’s citizen by grace, and grace alone.

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 So I’ll stand in faith by grace, and grace alone

 I will run the race by grace, and grace alone

 I will slay my sin by grace, and grace alone

 I will reach the end by grace, and grace alone