This Sunday we will be introducing a new song, ‘Lord Have Mercy (For What We Have Done)’.

This song takes the theme from an ancient confession of sin, kyrie eleison (which means, Lord have mercy).

It’s designed to walk us through our own personal and corporate sins and confess them to the Lord, crying out for his mercy and grace upon us!

If you are wondering why we take time each Sunday to corporately confess sin (and sometimes steal prayers and ideas from the Anglican Prayerbook), it’s because:

a) the bible says to! James 5:16 ”Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

b) it is good for our souls to be reminded that we don’t just need forgiveness once when we are converted but we need his mercy every day for all our sins

c) it is good for our souls to release the burden of our sin and not hold onto it, but instead confess it regularly

d) it is good for our church community to be a place where we all are admitting with humility that we are sinners. There are no ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Christians, we are all bad!

Take some time to listen to it in our playlists (add our playlists and listen to our church songs during the week so you can be more familiar with our songs!) or here

Check out the lyrics:

Verse 1

For what we have done and left undone

We fall on Your countless mercies

For sins that are known and those unknown

We call on Your name so holy

For envy and pride for closing our eyes

For scorning our very neighbor

In thought word and deed we’ve failed You our King

How deeply we need a Savior

Chorus

Lord have mercy Christ have mercy

Lord have mercy on us

Lord have mercy Christ have mercy

Lord have mercy on us

Verse 2

For what You have done Your life of love

You perfectly lived we praise You

Though tempted and tried You fixed Your eyes

You finished the work God gave You

And there on the tree A King among thieves

You bled for a world’s betrayal

You loved to the end Our merciful friend

How pure and forever faithful

Bridge

For hearts that are cold for seizing control

For scorning our very Maker

In thought word and deed we’ve failed You our King

How deeply we need a Savior