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Holding Fast: Songs of Grace for Rebel Hearts

by The Gospel Coalition

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Verse 1: In tenderness he sought me Weary and sick with sin And on His shoulders brought me Back to His fold again While angels in His presence sang Until the courts of heaven rang Chorus: Oh, the love that sought me! Oh, the blood that bought me! Oh, the grace that brought me to the fold of God Grace that brought me to the fold of God Verse 2: He died for me while I was sinning Needy and poor and blind He whispered to assure me "I've found thee; thou art Mine" I never heard a sweeter voice It made my aching heart rejoice Chorus: Oh, the love that sought me! Oh, the blood that bought me! Oh, the grace that brought me to the fold of God Grace that brought me to the fold of God Bridge: Upon His grace I'll daily ponder And sing anew His praise With all adoring wonder His blessings I retrace It seems as if eternal days Are far too short to sing His praise Chorus
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Who is like You? You're the Faithful One Lord, You saved us when you gave your Son And You keep us so we will not fall You're faithful, God We're so thankful we can call you Friend You redeemed us and made us whole again You're the only one we know to call You're so faithful, God You are faithful, never changing From age to age, you remain the same and Your steadfast love endures forever Father God we come now before You We were made to bow down and adore You We're filled with thankfulness because of Your faithfulness To Your Word and we've found that it's all true To Your face, Lord, we turn in amazement In Your grace, You determined to save men From sin's consequence because of Your promises In Jesus Christ, which are "yes" and they're "amen" When Adam sinned, You provided a covering You heard Israel cry in their suffering You brought them out of the land with Your powerful hand Lord, You're truly the God of the covenant Even though You dropped clues, they were missing it From here, we can see the true significance All Your acts of might were shadows and types To point ahead to a future deliverance From the things You say, You don't budge You're faithful to save and You're faithful to judge The God who is just is not one of us The faithful God is the God we can trust We can't trust us, on You we rely Everything we need, Lord, You will supply Even when we're faithless, You remain faithful You cannot deny Yourself Lord, thanks for Your grace and Your favor Your faithfulness we've tasted and savored Your love and care for us is most clear to us When we're beholding the face of the Savior The Human race as a whole was infected But for those You have chosen, elected You made a promise and it was accomplished when The chief cornerstone was rejected We see Him dying on the cross for our evil Where He appeared to be soft and feeble In actuality, He holds the galaxies In His hands- He's exalted and regal When we believed, You were faithful to save us And that means You'll be faithful to change us And the Spirit of Jesus will keep us 'til You make us holy and blameless From the things You say, You don't budge You're faithful to save and You're faithful to judge The God who is just became one of us The faithful God is the God we can trust We can't trust us- on You we rely Everything we need, Lord, You will supply Even when we're faithless, You remain faithful You cannot deny Yourself
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Verse 1: I was alone, I couldn't find my place 'Til Heaven reached down, Your love it called my name Out of my shame, out of the dead of night Into a hope, into Your marvelous light Pre-Chorus: It's Your mercy, I don't deserve Your mercy That You would reach down for me and keep me as Your own For Your glory, I'm living for Your glory And I will tell the story of Your unfailing love Chorus: Be glorified, be lifted high In all my life, be glorified Verse 2: Though I may run, though I may fall apart Chasing this world, things that will break Your heart But faithful and true, sure as the rising sun One thing is true, one thing is sure to come Pre-Chorus: It's Your mercy, I don't deserve Your mercy That You would reach down for me and keep me as Your own For Your glory, I'm living for Your glory And I will tell the story of Your unfailing love Chorus: Be glorified, be lifted high In all my life, be glorified Be glorified, be lifted high In all my life, be glorified Be glorified Be glorified Bridge: Oh, I've tasted and seen that You are good And You're walking with me just like You said You would And all that You say, every word is true Oh, whom should I trust? Jesus, I trust in You Oh, I've tasted and seen that You are good And You're walking with me just like You said You would And all that You say, every word is true Oh, whom should I trust? Jesus, I trust in You Chorus
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You hid from me, and so I called to you, Then you accused, and so I blessed you. Your heart was cold, so jealous was I for you, You had contempt, and I just held you. You closed your ears, so I displayed for you, You shut your eyes, so I fed you. You fought but I, was patient to wait for you, You yelled and cried, while I clothed you. You, you were not my people, but I called you my own. You, you had been so hateful, I brought you to my home. Your mind was bent and so I sang for you, Your feet were bound, I untied you. You could not speak, and so I taught you to, You were so scared, but I gently drew. You, you were not my people, but I called you my own You, you had been so hateful, I brought you to my home You, your own hands shed my blood, I have made you mine You, illegitimate, uncovered, now you are my child. You spit on me, even as I kissed you, You struck my face, while I bathed you. You raged, I poured my spirit all over you, You crucified, and I let you. You, you were not my people, but I called you my own You, you had been so hateful, I brought you to my home You, your own hands shed my blood, I have made you mine You, illegitimate, uncovered, now you are my child.
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Verse 1: There You were hanging Transforming the pain into Entrance into Your heart Before we could come in You had to destroy within The dark that kept us apart Verse 2: Before we had heard of You But had no concern for You Darkness was all around The wall was so high No way to get by But then You tore it all down Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Verse 3: We crossed the threshold And death lost his control As the sun rose in our hearts We felt the warm embrace Of Your sovereign grace Now, every day we can start Verse 4: To live and love with You Follow and worship You With songs that flow from our soul Filled with the light of You As we are led by You Longing with joy to be home Chorus: Jesus come, take our hand Lead us into the Promise Land Jesus come, take our hand Lead us into the Promise Land Jesus come, take our hand Lead us into the Promise Land Jesus come, take our hand Lead us into the Promise Land
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Verse 1: Sing praise to God who reigns above The God of all creation The God of power, the God of love The God of our salvation He fills my soul with sweet relief And make my faithless murmur cease Chorus: To God all praise and glory To God all praise and glory To God all praise and glory To God all praise and glory Verse 2: The Lord is never far away But through all grief distressing An ever-present help and stay Our peace and joy and blessing And in my Father's tender care His love eclipses my despair Chorus Verse 3: When life is hard and days are long I'll sing aloud His praises That men may hear the grateful song My joyful spirit raises My heart revived, my soul restored My heart rejoices in the Lord Chorus Bridge: Let all who claim Christ's holy name Give God all praise and glory Let all who lean on the Spirit's strength Declare the wondrous story Cast every idol from its throne For Christ is Lord and Christ alone Chorus
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Verse 1: Hear O Israel: Love the Lord your God With all heart, and soul, mind and strength. O heart of mine, O strength, soul and mind, Why falter in your love? O heart of mine, O strength, soul and mind, Why falter in your love?   Verse 2: Hear O Israel Love your fellow man. Love your neighbor just as your own self. O heart of mine, Filled with love divine Why falter in your love? O heart of mine, Filled with love divine Why falter in your love?
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And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you But to fear the Lord your God To walk in all his ways, To love him, to serve the Lord your God With all your heart and with all your soul And to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord To keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord Which I am commanding you today For your good
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Count sheep
 Now enter a dream 
Of a scepter held by an expert Shepherd 
And He do the same thing But for these sheep it seems like it's 1-2-3 Keep falling on me Now honestly think Would you ever depend on attention-deficit sheep That continue to think and compete with the Shepherd and His network "Let him eat give him new fleece" They want a sweatshirt Or when they eat so they struggle to read
 And every other week it's an excerpt from an internet verse
 On a meme or a t-shirt or a mass text 
Fast-food eating little sheep Try and lecture
 But they walk weak with a limp like a Fred Durst Who gonna confess first? No no doubt or don't speak There's a lamb in silence with a Hannibal (bull) And he should give it all to the lector And ask the Shepherd so dare I try I'm Jeremiah the bulimic sheep who don't eat 
I just say I'm tired and go to sleep paralyzed Like what if my legs are a pair of lies I count real well and I stand disguised Cat with a little bit of fear is a whole lot of pride can you feel me Started from the bottom like Wheelchair Jimmy 
Now I'm trying to get verified 
Who cares? God, where was I? Confessions to the God of Jacob changed my makeup 
And give me grace when I wake up
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Verse 1: I was a prisoner; You held the key the door was opened; You welcomed me Oh I was guilty of every crime but you took my place and you did my time Refrain: How can I thank you, Lord? My broken heart, You have restored. How can I thank you, Lord? You give me grace I cannot afford. I was an enemy but You made me a guest You spread a table in the wilderness Beside the waters, You filled my cup O how I have settled for lesser loves I was an orphan, but You called me “child” I was a stranger; I was lost and defiled, Redemption found me from up above O how I had settled for lesser loves.
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Verse 1: Hast thou heard Him, seen Him, known Him? Is not thine a captured heart? Chief among ten thousand own Him, Joyful choose the better part. Chorus: 
Captivated by His beauty, Worthy tribute haste to bring. Let His peerless worth constrain thee, Crown Him now unrivaled King. Verse 2: What can strip the seeming beauty, From the idols of the earth? Not a sense of right or duty, But the sight of peerless worth. Verse 3: 'Tis that look that melted Peter, ’Tis that face that Stephen saw, 'Tis that heart that wept with Mary, Can alone from idols draw. Oh, the love that sought me! Oh, the blood that bought me! Oh, the grace that brought me to the fold of God Grace that brought me to the fold of God
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Verse 1: Oh my love, you have grown so cold To the world outside, to the house next door She who has been loved much, has so much to give Mercy is the fragrance, of the broken Chorus: Justice will roll down, oh justice will roll down From high upon those mountains with a mighty river sound It will roll down It will roll down Verse 2: Oh my child, I will be your light In your secret pain, in the dark of night No enemy, no conqueror, will steal your life from me I am your salvation, and your victory Chorus Verse 3: Soon oh soon, when the trumpet sounds Every knee shall bend, every heart will pound I have made a new world, where the servant is the King Oppression will be over, and the slave set free Chorus

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Songs shape our theology. Curated specifically with TGCW18 and the book of Deuteronomy in mind, the songs of Holding Fast will help you remember God's faithfulness and respond in obedience and worship. As God holds fast to us in covenant love, we are compelled to hold fast to Him.

Featuring 16 tracks from a diverse group of artists, download the album FREE at tgc.org/songsofgrace or listen to the Spotify playlist.

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released April 23, 2018

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