Andrea was born in Fort Worth, Texas and grew up as the daughter of music ministers. She has been involved in music ministry and Christian television for over sixteen years appearing on Texas Country Gospel, Gospel Music Nashville, Celebration with Marcus and Joni Lamb on Daystar Television Network and TBN’s One Music Village. She is also a 2009 alumna from Belmont University with a Bachelors degree in Music Business. In September of 2010, Andrea was a featured artist on Christ Church Nashville’s Sunday PM worship project. After touring Ireland, her team gave over 10,000 of the records away free to the Irish people with many receiving salvation. In June of 2011, she released her second independent album “Awaken My Soul” produced by Kris Crunk, the album contains a collection of worship pop/ folk songs written by Andrea Thomas as well as co-writes with worship leaders/songwriters Evan Milby, Chris Cline and Lee Holland. Andrea currently lives in Nashville, TN.
Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Andrea Thomas Lyrics
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tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I'm come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor
daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here's my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.
The hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" by Robert Robinson is a heartfelt plea to God, asking Him to tune the writer's heart to sing His grace. The first verse exalts God for His never-ending mercy that calls for songs of highest praise. The second verse recounts the writer's personal journey with Christ seeking and finding him when he was a stranger and wandering away from God's fold. It is only through Jesus's precious blood that He was rescued from danger. The final verse is an acknowledgement that the writer is a prisoner to grace, and he only hopes that God's goodness will bind his wandering heart closer to Him. He acknowledges that he is prone to wander away from the God he loves, but he submits his heart to God's will and desires that God will seal his heart for His courts above.
The writer of this hymn, Robert Robinson, was born in England in 1735. He lived a very colorful life and, despite being raised in a religious home, he fell into a life of crime as a teenager. After a "deep conviction of sin," he became a Christian and became a Methodist preacher in England. This hymn was written in 1758 after a powerful message on "Prone to Wander" which, according to some accounts, was given by George Whitfield.
Line by Line Meaning
Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
I am calling out to you as the source of all the blessings that I ever have or will receive in my life.
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Help me to align my heart in such a way that I can sing praises about your grace.
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Your mercy is like a never-ending stream which always flows even when I am undeserving.
call for songs of loudest praise.
Your mercy deserves the highest form of praise that I can offer.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Teach me to sing a beautiful song that is fitting to express my gratitude towards you.
sung by flaming tongues above.
A song that is so beautiful that even the angels in the heavens will be singing along with me.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
I will always praise the place where I have come to know you and upon which my life is anchored.
mount of thy redeeming love.
The place where I discovered your love which has redeemed me from the bondage of sin and death.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
I am grateful for your help in bringing me to this point in my life, and I want to dedicate this moment as a memorial stone of this event.
hither by thy help I'm come;
I am here only because of your abundant help and mercy which has followed me throughout my life.
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
I am hopeful that your will and pleasure for my life will guide me to live a life that pleases you.
safely to arrive at home.
I am confident that with your help, I will safely reach my eternal home with you.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Even though I was lost and wandering far away from you like a stranger, Jesus came seeking me to find and redeem me.
wandering from the fold of God;
I was wandering away from your care and protection as a sheep wanders from its fold.
he, to rescue me from danger,
Jesus willingly gave His life to rescue me from the danger of sin and eternal separation from you.
interposed his precious blood.
He offered himself as a sacrifice for my sin, reconciling me back to you by shedding his own blood.
O to grace how great a debtor
I am eternally indebted to your grace, for I cannot earn your forgiveness, mercy, and the gift of eternal life.
daily I'm constrained to be!
Every moment of my life, I am reminded that my only hope is in your unfailing grace and kindness.
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
May your goodness bind me to you like a secure chain, so that I will not stray away from you.
bind my wandering heart to thee.
May my heart find its rest in you, and not wander away from your loving embrace.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
I am aware of my inclination to wander away from you, and I am earnestly asking for your help to combat this tendency.
prone to leave the God I love;
My heart is weak and I fear that I might betray the God that I love, so I need your grace to help me stay true to you.
here's my heart, O take and seal it,
I am entrusting my heart to you, asking you to seal it with your Holy Spirit, that I may be guarded and guided by your love.
seal it for thy courts above.
May my life and heart be so transformed by your love that I will be deemed worthy to enter your courts and dwell with you forever in heaven.
Contributed by Alexis F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.