Poetic Verses
Outside Your Fold
Lord fix our hearts on righteousness
And help us shun the wrong
That we be gathered to Your fold
The place where we belong.
Defeat us when we fail You
And for our sins feel shame
Then teach us how to love again
The ones who caused us pain.
Knowing we can't have forgiveness
Unless we come to see
That we must also pardon them
Which likewise sets us free.
And make us ever mindful
That we are sinful men
Who need the saving power of grace
That we be whole again.
Yes, fix our hearts on righteousness
And redeem each wayward soul
For we are tired and find no joy
In life outside Your fold.
And help us shun the wrong
That we be gathered to Your fold
The place where we belong.
Defeat us when we fail You
And for our sins feel shame
Then teach us how to love again
The ones who caused us pain.
Knowing we can't have forgiveness
Unless we come to see
That we must also pardon them
Which likewise sets us free.
And make us ever mindful
That we are sinful men
Who need the saving power of grace
That we be whole again.
Yes, fix our hearts on righteousness
And redeem each wayward soul
For we are tired and find no joy
In life outside Your fold.