I’ve got this phrase stuck in my head. It comes from the Casting Crowns song “Jesus, Friend of Sinners.” I’ll paste the lyrics in below in case you don’t know the song.
This is really where my heart is today and what my prayer is. Lord - Let me see into the eternal as I go through my day. Jesus, give me your perspective on things. I want to notice the people around me who are broken, lonely, and lost. I want to desire to extend grace and love to them the way you have to me. Break my heart and give me that desire.
I don’t want to live a “normal” American Christian life. I don’t want to settle for the status quo. I want to live with eternity in mind. I want to put Your kingdom first in my life. I want to be made ready to reach out to the needy around me.
The world we live in needs transformation. A radical transformation that can only come by the power of God. But first things first, transform me…. I surrender.
I want to see real revival in our country, our church, but I need to be willing to allow Jesus to start with me.
"Jesus, Friend Of Sinners"
Jesus, friend of sinners, we have strayed so far away
We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to swing
Jesus, friend of sinners, the truth's become so hard to see
The world is on their way to You but they're tripping over me
Always looking around but never looking up I'm so double minded
A plank eyed saint with dirty hands and a heart divided
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to the world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks yours
Yeah...
Jesus, friend of sinners, the one who's writing in the sand
Made the righteous turn away and the stones fall from their hands
Help us to remember we are all the least of these
Let the memory of Your mercy bring Your people to their knees
Nobody knows what we're for only what we're against when we judge the wounded
What if we put down our signs crossed over the lines and loved like You did
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks yours
You love every lost cause; you reach for the outcast
For the leper and the lame; they're the reason that You came
Lord I was that lost cause and I was the outcast
But you died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet
'Cause You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
You are good, You are good and Your love endures forever
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners
Open our eyes to world at the end of our pointing fingers
Let our hearts be led by mercy
Help us reach with open hearts and open doors
Oh Jesus, friend of sinners, break our hearts for what breaks Yours
And I was the lost cause and I was the outcast
Yeah...
You died for sinners just like me, a grateful leper at Your feet
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