Phillips, Craig & Dean - Mercy Came Running

Mercy Came Running
by Phillips, Craig & Dean

Once there was a holy place
Evidence of God's embrace
And I can almost see mercy's face
Pressed against the veil

Looking down with longing eyes
Mercy must have realized
That once His blood was sacrificed
Freedom would prevail

And as the sky grew dark
And the earth began to shake
With justice no longer in the way

Chorus:
Mercy came running
Like a prisoner set free
Past all my failures to the point of my need
When the sin that I carried
Was all I could see
And when I could not reach mercy
Mercy came running to me

Once there was a broken heart
Way too human from the start
And all the years left it torn apart
Hopeless and afraid

Walls I never meant to build
Left this prisoner unfulfilled
Freedom called but even still
It seemed so far away

I was bound by the chains
From the wages of my sin
Just when I felt like giving in

Chorus

Sometimes I still feel so far
So far from where I really should be
He gently calls to my heart
Just to remind me

Chorus

Words & Music by Dan Dean, Dave Clark & Don Koch
(c) 1995 Dawn Treader Music/Word Music/DaySpring Music

Lyrics Source: http://ccmlyrics.tripod.com/MercyCameRunning.htm

Category:

Music

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• Phillips
• Craig
• Dean
• Mercy
• Came
• Running
• Christian
• Religious

[NinJenna]

"And when I could not reach Mercy, Mercy came running to me" don't you just love that?! ♥♥♥

[KamisamanoOtaku]

You are saved by confessing and repenting of your sin and accepting the gift of salvation provided by Christ's atoning work. As I am painfully reminded, due to my struggle with caving into fear and well as laziness, faith without works is dead. Faith saves you, but the works are evidence of your faith, the way leaves blowing in the wind aren't the win, just a visible manifestation of it.

Baptism is a public proclamation of your faith: an obvious 'work' to do early on.

[6628800]

@82shellyrae The criminal was on a cross so he did not have the chance to be baptized. But Jesus was baptized as an outward example what it symbolizes in becoming a new Christian. It is not a requirement but, If Jesus did it as an example then we should follow His example,don't you think.

[dchiggs]

hi there i tried to get some of your backing tracks....i went on a christian website,and i tried to pay i could,nt...i live in the uk...im a singer i just wanted to sing...i love when god ran...and you are god alone....is there anyone out there who can help....

[rnchris777]

Is it really about being right, or is it about relationships? Encourage one another. Love each other, as he loves us. God bless you all.

[michealsebina]

great inspiration to us



[tunji4tify]

That is the truth of salvation! We could never reach Mercy, MERCY came to us and in CHRIST JESUS!

[jeezlouize1]

@UMDTerp25 But this puts into question the question of "faith." Faith as in trust, or faith as in assuming something? There are many Christians who don't know what they believe, but they think "faith" is this concept where you assume something without it being grounded in logic.

[JesuslovesErica777]

@UMDTerp25 But faith without works is nothing...

[rightwingradical2010]

@82shellyrae, Yes I see what you are saying, but that was during the old law, before the curtain was torn, and before Jesus died... Why would the bible repeat over and over again, to repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins if it wasn't essential?

[82shellyrae]

@rightwingradical2010 Baptism is NOT essential. Just study up on the thief nailed to the cross next to Jesus. "Jesus answered him, 'I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise'" Luke 23:43 and that guy was never baptized.