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Lord, Make Me Clean

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This is a song about confession of sin and the cleaning that God provides through Jesus. 1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." We are ultimately forgiven at the time of our justification (conversion), but John shows us that our cleansing is not just a one-time event. We need to be forgiven of the guilt of our sin - the effect that our sin has on our relationship with God. As Psalm 32:5 says "I acknowledged my sin to You ... and You forgave the guilt of my sin." Let our prayer echo that of Horatius' - "Wash now my soul this day".

Lyrics

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Lord, I confess to You sadly my sin; / Lord, I confess to Thee sadly my sin;
All I have done and said, all I have been.
Purge now my sin away, wash now my soul this day, / Purge Thou my sin away, wash Thou my soul this day,
Lord, make me clean, Lord, make me clean. / Lord, make me clean.

Faithful and kind You are, forgiving all; / Faithful and kind art Thou, forgiving all;
Bowed at Your wounded feet, Savior, I fall. / Low at Thy pierced feet, Savior, I fall.
O, let the cleansing blood, Blood of the Lamb of God,
Wash o'er my soul, Lord, make me clean. / Wash o'er my soul.

Now all is peace and light within my soul: / All is then peace and light this soul within:
So I will walk with You, Savior unseen; / Thus shall I walk with You, Savior unseen;
Leaning on You, my God, Guide me along the road, / Leaning on Thee, my God, Guided along the road,
Take all my life, Lord, make me clean.

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