Let us love and sing and wonder
Let us praise the Savior’s name
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder
He has quenched Mt. Sinai’s flameLet us love the Lord who bought us
Pitied us when enemies
Called us by His grace and taught us
Gave us ears and gave us eyesHe has washed us with His blood
He has washed us with His blood
He has washed us with His blood
He presents our souls to GodLet us wonder grace and justice
Join and point to mercy’s store
When through grace in Christ our trust is
Justice smiles and asks no moreHe who washed us with his blood
He who washed us with his blood
He who washed us with his blood
Has secured our way to GodLet us praise and join the chorus
Of the saints enthroned on high
Here they trusted him before us
Now their praises fill the skyThou has washed us with Thy blood
Thou has washed us with Thy blood
Thou has washed us with Thy blood
Thou has washed us with Thy bloodHe will bring us home to God
“Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder” by John Newton, covered by Jars of Clay
These words of worship and truth, sung at KIV’s weekly Power Group meeting, were like a healing balm on me. This morning, my prayer was to know how I am covered in the blood of the Lamb, head to foot, expunging all self-condemning thought, each malignant memory, and every tinge of guilt. The existence of my sinful nature is washed away, and I am restored to full life.
When we sang these words, the room was very quiet. We only had one guitar, and because the song was new, we started off with only a few beautiful voices. When we finished singing the full-bodied note of the last chorus, I knew in the depths of my soul the holiness of God and the holy moment that was upon us, made sacred by the sound of lips believing the truth of Christ’s work on the cross.
