Help Me Remember – Hymnicity

This song was written during a time of struggle with besetting sin. Christians are forgiven sinners, and even after becoming born again into God’s family and having their debts forgiven with a full pardon struggle with ongoing sin and the proper response to it. God tells us that “if we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) But we often fail to take our sins to God and truly repent – often out of the feeling that what we’ve done is inexcusable; we simply feel too dirty and guilty and unworthy of God’s love. But that’s the very place God wants to show us the magnitude of His grace. Even though we continue to commit acts of treason which (symbolically) nailed Jesus to the cross, He still continues to love us and demonstrated that by giving His Son to be slain on the cross. Because that has been accomplished God has promised to be for us, to never be angry again no matter how low we fall in sin. Praise God for His saving grace! The chorus is based on 2 Peter 1:9 which says that believers who are lacking godliness are “blind or short-sighted, having forgotten [their] purification from [their] former sins.”

Lyrics

Verse 1:
Lord, here I come to You again,
Ashamed at how I've failed;
Forgetting that this very sin
To Jesus' cross is nailed.
This path of sin has taken me
To darkness and disgrace;
Forgiven, I look back and see
An arrow of Your grace.

Chorus:
Lord, help me remember
You've purified me from my sin
For I've been short-sighted
And I've forgotten yet again;
So help me remember,
And help me embrace
Your glorious gospel of grace.

Verse 2:
My wickedness seems far too deep,
My guilt and shame too great
That You would love someone like me
Who still has shown You hate.
But I forget the Lamb was slain
To turn Your wrath away;
And now Your grace alone remains
Each time I go astray.

Bridge:
Convince me every debt is paid,
Your wrath has all been spent,
You're ready to forgive
Each time that I repent.
(REPEAT)

Chorus:
Lord, help me remember
You've purified me from my sin
For I've been short-sighted
And I've forgotten yet again;
So help me remember,
Your glorious gospel...
So help me remember,
Your glorious gospel...
So help me remember,
Your glorious gospel of grace.

Words and Music by David L. Ward.
© 2007 Hymnicity

CCLI Song #5524796

Attachments

Learner Recording

F#m    D    | A/C#  D  Esus4  E  |
[1]
      F#m             D          A/C#       D        Esus4 E
Lord, here I come to You again, ashamed at how I've failed; 
   F#m                D          A/C#    D        Esus4  E
Forgetting that this very sin to Jesus' cross is nailed. 
     Bm               F#m        D                 C#m
This path of sin has taken me to darkness and disgrace; 
   Bm             F#m            D              Esus4   E
Forgiven, I look back and see an arrow of Your grace.

[C]
      D          A/C#              E               A A/C#
Lord, help me remember You've purified me from my sin 
    D                 A/C#               E            F#m
For I've been short-sighted and I've forgotten yet again; 
   D          A/C#       D           A/C#
So help me remember, and help me embrace 
                D        E       | A   D   | A/C#  D  Esus4  E  |
(To Verse) Your glorious gospel of grace. 
                 D        E         D     (A/C#)
(to Bridge) Your glorious gospel of grace.

[2]
   F#m               D
My wickedness seems far too deep,
   A/C#       D         Esus4  E
my guilt and shame too great 
     F#m                D
That You would love someone like me
    A/C#       D         Esus4  E
who still has shown You hate. 
    Bm            F#m               D                 C#m
But I forget the Lamb was slain to turn Your wrath away;
    Bm                F#m             D            Esus4 E
And now Your grace alone remains each time I go astray.

[B]
   A/C#     Bm    A/C#    D
Convince me every debt is paid,
     D         C#/E#    F#m
Your wrath has all been spent, 
       G           F#m       A/C#      D   E
You're ready to forgive each time that I repent. (REPEAT)

[E]
      D          A/C#              E               A A/C#
Lord, help me remember You've purified me from my sin 
    D                 A/C#               E            F#m
For I've been short-sighted and I've forgotten yet again; 
   D          A/C#        D        E
So help me remember, Your glorious gospel...
   D          A/C#        D        E
So help me remember, Your glorious gospel...
   D          A/C#        D        E         A
So help me remember, Your glorious gospel of grace.