Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Maranatha! Promise Band Lyrics
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Tune my heart to sing your grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise his name– I'm fixed upon it!
Name of God's redeeming love.
You have brought me to this place;
And I know your hand will lead me,
Safely home by your good grace.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Bought me with his precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor,
Daily I'm convinced it's true!
Let your goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to you;
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 your courts above.
The song "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" by Maranatha! Promise Band is a hymn that expresses gratitude, faith and a desire to be led by God's generosity and mercy. The song begins with a plea to God to help tune the singer's heart to sing of His grace and praises. The flowing mercy from God calls for the loudest songs of praise to be sung. The singer requests to be taught a melodious sonnet that is being sung by flaming tongues above. The singer is fixed upon the name of God's redeeming love and is blessed to be brought to this place.
The singer acknowledges that it's only through God's grace that he/she is brought this far and that God's hand will lead him/her safely home. The song then talks about how Jesus sought and rescued the singer from the danger when the singer was wandering away from God. It was Jesus's precious blood that saved the singer, and the singer acknowledges being a great debtor to God's grace daily.
The song ends with a request to God to let His goodness bind the singer's wandering heart to Him as the singer is prone to wander and leave the God he loves. The singer gives away his/her heart to God for sealing in His courts above. The overall theme of the song is the declaration of faith, gratitude and the desire to follow the will of God.
Line by Line Meaning
Come, O fount of every blessing,
Lord, I come to you as the source of every blessing.
Tune my heart to sing your grace;
Help me to sing of your grace with all my heart.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Your mercies never stop flowing to me.
Call for songs of loudest praise.
They call for songs of the highest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Teach me a beautiful song.
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Sung by angels in heaven.
Praise his name– I'm fixed upon it!
I will praise your name, and I am determined to do so!
Name of God's redeeming love.
The name represents your love that saved me from sin and death.
Thus far your love has blessed me,
Your love has already blessed me.
You have brought me to this place;
You have guided me to where I am now.
And I know your hand will lead me,
I am confident that you will lead me.
Safely home by your good grace.
Safely home because of your grace and mercy.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Jesus came to find me when I was lost.
Wandering from the fold of God;
When I had strayed from your path.
He, to rescue me from danger,
He rescued me from danger.
Bought me with his precious blood.
He paid for my redemption with his blood.
O to grace how great a debtor,
I owe a debt of gratitude for your grace.
Daily I'm convinced it's true!
Every day I am reminded of this truth.
Let your goodness, like a fetter,
May your goodness and love bind me like a chain.
Bind my wandering heart to you;
Keep my heart from wandering and draw it towards you.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
I confess that I am easily distracted from you.
Prone to leave the God I love;
I confess that I sometimes turn away from you.
Here's my heart, O, take and seal it;
I give you my heart, seal it and keep it as yours.
Seal it for your courts above.
Seal my heart so that it may be worthy to enter your heavenly courts.
Contributed by Dylan F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.