Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Mark Schultz Lyrics

Come, thou fount of every blessing
I call upon you, the source of all that is good, to bestow your blessings upon me.

Tune my heart to sing thy praise.
Help me to align my heart so that it beats with the harmonious rhythm of your praise.

Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Your mercy is an endless and continuous flow, unceasing in its abundance.

Call for songs of loudest praise.
This unending mercy inspires in me a desire to sing songs of the loudest and most exuberant praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet
I ask that you teach me a soulful and melodic song that I may express my worship of you in the most beautiful way possible.

Sung by flaming tongues above!
I seek to praise you in a manner befitting of those in the heavenly realm, those whose tongues were aflame with a passion for you.

Praise the fount, I'm fixed upon it
I focus and fix my gaze on you, the source of all blessings and good things in life, and I sing your praises with great enthusiasm and devotion.

Fount of thy redeeming love.
You are the source from which pours forth the love that has redeemed me and given me new life.

Here I raise my Ebenezer
I lift up my stone of remembrance, my acknowledgment of your faithfulness and goodness in the past, and I honor you.

Hither by thy love I come
It is your great love that draws me closer to you and enables me to approach you with confidence and joy.

And I hope, by thy good pleasure
It is my sincere hope that you, in your goodness and grace, will take pleasure in my worship of you.

Safely to the life at home.
It is only through your loving care and protection that I am able to find my way safely to my eternal home with you.

Jesus sought me when a stranger
Even when I was lost and a stranger to your ways, Jesus sought me out and brought me into your family.

Wandering from the folds of God
I had wandered far from your protection and guidance, but you called me back to you and welcomed me once again into your loving embrace.

He, to rescue me from danger
Jesus stepped in and saved me from the danger I was in, giving his own precious blood as the sacrifice that redeemed me completely.

Interposed his precious blood
Jesus interceded on my behalf and shed his own precious blood to pay the price for my sins and make me right with you.

O to grace how great a debtor
I am in your debt, Lord, for the immeasurable grace you have extended to me, a grace that is too great for me to ever fully repay.

Daily I'm constrained to be.
Every day, I feel the weight of the debt I owe and am compelled to live my life in service to you as a response to your grace.

Let thy goodness, like a fetter
May your goodness bind me, like a fetter, to your will and your ways, keeping me always in your loving embrace and protecting me from harm.

Bind my wandering heart to thee.
I ask that you keep my heart from wandering astray and instead hold it firmly to your heart, where it will find peace and rest.

Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
I know that I have a tendency to wander away from you, Lord, and I confess this to you openly and ask for your help to stay close to you always.

Prone to leave the God I love!
Yet even though I love you, I know that I am also prone to leave you, and so I ask that you help me stay close to you always, never straying far from your side.

Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it,
I offer you my whole heart, Lord, and ask that you take it and seal it with your love, your grace, and your truth, so that I may be firmly anchored in you and always live from that place of love.

Seal it for thy courts above.
May my heart, sealed with your love and grace, be fit to enter your courts above and dwell with you forever and ever.

Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it,
Once again, I offer you my heart, Lord, asking that you take it, seal it, and make it fully yours.

Seal it for thy courts above.
May my heart, sealed by your love, grace, and truth, be worthy to enter into your holy courts above, where I will dwell with you forevermore.