some songs I've written

[Bramblewild]

I've done a bit of songwriting recently. Also found some music software, so I can make a basic melody line for the lyrics.

Chief of Sinners

Chief of sinners, such a title
One I have so richly earned
Every law that God has given
I have broken, mangled, spurned

Chief of sinners is what I am
Nothing good I find in me
All my sins have only earned me
Death and Hell eternally

Chief of sinners, yet not hopeless
I will look to Calvary
Jesus died to save poor sinners
Even one as vile as me

If you might think this song would be good for your church's worship, here's the deal: I don't really care what changes you make to the music, but don't change the lyrics.

Music created using Sibelius.

 

[Bramblewild]

Come, you sinners, come to Calvary
Come, repentant, sorrowful
Come and see the crucified Christ
Come to die upon this hill
Christ the Lamb of God who suffered
Christ who suffered for our sins
Christ, God's sacrifice, our Savior
Christ whose blood your sins may cleanse

Come, you saints, and run to Jesus
Come, world weary and weighed down
Come to Christ our Savior brother
Come, his gospel is for you
Though the world wage war against you
Though your flesh may fail and fall
Christ has overcome the world and
He will keep us through our trials

 

[Bramblewild]

Shall I

Shall I, the beggar, claim that I
Have put God in my debt?
Shall I forget that all my sins
Have earned me Hell and death?

Shall I, the helpless, hope that all
My works will make me clean?
Shall I forget that my best works
Are filthy with my sins?

Shall I, the rebel, brag that I
Am worthy of God's love?
Shall I forget my sins make me
An object of his wrath?

So I, the sinner, only hope
In Christ, who died for sins
No faith I have in my own works
All faith I have in him

If you might think this song would be good for your church's worship, here's the deal: I don't really care what changes you make to the music, but don't change the lyrics.

Music created using Sibelius.

 

[Bramblewild]

God's word alone is our sure source
For all he says to us
No other prophet, sage, or voice
Is worthy of such trust

By grace alone we have been saved
And redeemed from the fall
It is not wage, but holy gift
Wholly the work of God

Through faith alone is God well pleased
With any work we do
Without such faith our works are filth
Polluted through and through

In Christ alone and his gospel
God tells us to be believe
His sinless life, his sacrifice,
His rising from the grave

The glory of our God alone
Should be our highest goal
Our holy, holy, holy God
Reigns supreme over all

 

[Bramblewild]

Oh, Make Me Clean

O make me clean of all my sins
Of when I've broken your commands
Where once I was your enemy
I beg you now, please make me clean

O make me clean from all my greed
When I don't care what others need
And selfishly grasp what I want
From all of this, please make me clean

O make me clean from all envy
When I my neighbor's blessings see
When I resent what they have gained
From all of this, please make me clean

O make me clean from all my fears
When I would doubt your promises
And not believe you'll meet my needs
From all of this, please make me clean

O make me clean from all my pride
When I would lift myself on high
And treat others as small and mean
From all of this, please make me clean

If you might think this song would be good for your church's worship, here's the deal: I don't really care what changes you make to the music, but don't change the lyrics.

Music created using Sibelius.

 

[Bramblewild]

Good News

Hear good news, blessed news
News for Gentiles and Jews
God has promised, and did what he said
As the time when he spoke
To the serpent this curse
That the woman's seed would crush his head

Abraham on the mount
Offered Isaac his son
But the boy was replaced by the ram
And the angel of death
Spared the first born when he
Saw the blood of the Passover lamb

Then the Son of God was
Virgin-born in this world
The Messiah who was prophesied
Like that lamb, he was slain
Like the ram, in our place
Jesus Christ, on the cross crucified

Hear good news, news divine
Though a rebel was I
Dead in sins, foe of God, and condemned
Yet did God sacrifice
His beloved Son's life
Now this sinful man is saved in him