Ok, well, in addition to Old Church Basement – we have been doing a little family carpool karaoke to this song Mercy also by Elevation Worship and Maverick City.

Honestly, the whole idea of grace is simply more profound and incomprehensible the older I get.

The whole of it is that redemption, mercy, and grace are undeserved – but the very definition of Christian love.

Lyrics after the jump.

Mercy:

I’m living proof
Of what the mercy of God can do
If you knew me then, you’d believe me now
You turned my whole life upside down
Took the old and He made it new
That’s just what the mercy of God can do

Now I’m alive to tell the story
How I’ve overcome
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of His blood
I’m so glad that my freedom
Wasn’t based on what I’ve done
But the goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
So much power in the blood, oh-mmh

I thought I deserved
Oh, to be six feet beneath the earth
For all the things I’ve done, the things I’ve said
The choices made that I regret
Oh, I would still be lost, oh
But for the mercy of God

Now I’m alive to tell the story
How I’ve overcome
It’s goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
I’m so glad that my freedom
Wasn’t based on what I’ve done
But the goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
Oh, the power of my Savior’s blood
Oh, its was Jesus’ blood, Jesus’ blood

Was the cross meant for me?
That my Savior carried
Now I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me?
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God

Was the cross meant for me?
That my Savior carried
Oh, I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me?
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God

And I’m alive to tell the story
How I’ve overcome
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
I’m so glad that my freedom
Wasn’t based on what I’ve done
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
It’s His goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood
Goodness and mercy
And the power of the blood

The power of the blood
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood
It still heals today
There’s still power in the blood (power in the blood)
There’s still power in the blood (there’s still power in the blood)
There’s still power in the blood (there’s still power in the blood)
There’s still power in the blood (there’s still power in the blood)
There’s still power in the blood (there’s still power in the blood)

Oh, wonder-working power (there’s still power in the blood)
Wonder-working power (there’s still power in the blood)
Chain-breaking power (there’s still power in the blood)
Oh, chain-breaking power (there’s still power in the blood)
Shackle-loosing power (there’s still power in the blood)
I know, that I know I know (there’s still power in the blood)
There’s still power in the blood
There’s still power in the blood
There’s still power in the blood
There’s still power in the blood

Was the Cross meant for me?
That my Savior carried
Now I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me?
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God

Was the Cross meant for me?
That my Savior carried
Oh, I’ve been made free
By the mercy of God
Was the grave meant for me?
Where my sin lay buried
Now I stand redeemed
By the mercy of God
By the mercy of God (hallelujah)
By the mercy of God (hallelujah)
(Hallelujah, I remember)

-Away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
(What can wash?) What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
(Nothing but His blood)
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Oh, nothing but the blood of Jesus

Oh my goodness, I have gotten Old Church Basement by Elevation Worship and Maverick City stuck in my head the last few weeks.

Listening to it nearly everywhere I go in the car…

Don’t even worry about it when you see me hand waving in traffic.

Love when the kids get into it too.

Lyrics after the jump.

Old Church Basement:

I don’t see anything wrong with the lights or stages
I even love it when the crowd gets loud singing out God’s praises
But every now and then it can get a little complicated
So I remember when I was in that old church basement, singing

Hallelujah is all I need
When I think of Your goodness and Your love for me
Oh, the joy of my salvation
Is coming back to me
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody

And I’m singing
Oh-oh, oh-oh (yeah)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah

We got together every Wednesday night, about thirty teenagers
My friend Josh bought a cheap guitar and barely knew how to play it
He wasn’t putting on a show
Wasn’t well known, wasn’t trying to be famous
But we sure touched heaven in that old church basement

Hallelujah is all I need
When I think of Your goodness and Your love for me
Oh, the joy of my salvation
Is coming back to me
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody

And I’m singing
Oh-oh, yeah, yeah, oh-oh
Find me singing
Oh-oh, oh-oh (oh-oh)
Oh-oh (feels so good), oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody
And I once was blind but now I can see
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody
Oh, over the mountains and the sea, Your river runs with love for me
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody
Oh, shout to the Lord all the earth, let us sing
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody

Hallelujah is all I need
When I think of Your goodness and Your love for me
Oh, the joy of my salvation
Is coming back to me
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh (new melody)
Oh-oh, oh-oh (Halle to Yahweh)
Oh-oh, oh-oh

Halle to Yahweh (sing it your way)
Halle to Yahweh (sing it your way)
Halle to Yahweh (it’s what the heavens are declaring)
(It’s what the heavens are declaring)
Halle to Yahweh (so we will respond)
(We will respond, say Halle)
Halle to Yahweh (worthy, worthy, worthy)
(Worthy, worthy, worthy)
Halle to Yahweh (no greater name, no greater name)
(No greater name, say Halle)
Halle to Yahweh (sing it your way)
(Sing it your way)
Halle to Yahweh (sing it your way)
(Sing it your way, sing it your way)
(Sing, Halle to Yahweh)
Halle to Yahweh (something happens when we praise)
Halle to Yahweh (something happens when we praise)
Halle to Yahweh (something happens when we praise)
Halle to Yahweh (so we didn’t know, we didn’t know)
Halle to Yahweh (worthy is the Lamb)
Halle to Yahweh (to receive glory)
Halle to Yahweh (power, dominion)
Halle to Yahweh (power)

Oh, glory, Hallelujah
Worthy to receive glory, honor, dominion and power

And hallelujah is all I need
When I think of Your goodness and Your love for me
Oh, the joy of my salvation
It’s coming back to me
It’s just an old hallelujah with a new melody
It’s the same hallelujah that the elders sing
And it’s the only hallelujah that I will ever need