Help Us Be Your Faithful

[Intro - soft organ, piano, choir hum] We bless You, Father... [Verse 1 - intimate female soprano] O God our heavenly Father, we bless Your name For revealing Your love in Jesus Christ who came He has taught us to call You Father, by grace To know Your tender affection, face to face [Pre-Chorus - gentle choir in] Your care is constant, never failing We have the privilege of children in Your family [Chorus - full but reverent] Help us be Your faithful children, day by day Obedient, trustful, loyal, true in every way We thank You for the night, for Your kindness true Give us grateful hearts that ever remember You [Verse 2 - soft, prayerful] May Your goodness lead us to more careful living May we never grieve You by sin or unbelief Keep our hearts ever open to Your gentlest love To the softest influence from Heaven above [Chorus - with choir harmonies] We remember before You the interests of Your church Bless all who have confessed Your holy name Give them grace to be faithful in all their ways Lead them, Lord, we pray [Bridge - choral intercession] Lead Your people into holier living Into deeper experiences of Your love Into intenser earnestness in service Into fuller consecration, from above Give Your church greater power and influence in this world [Verse 3 - intimate household prayer] Let our own household be imbued with Your grace Whatever is not in Your will, bring into full accord we pray Bring us close together in true affection May we live together sweetly, patiently [Pre-Chorus 2] Unselfish and helpfully, in love so true So that Jesus would not hesitate to be a guest in our home [Final Chorus - anthemic, cathedral] Help us be Your faithful children, day by day Obedient, trustful, loyal, true in every way Let our home be worthy of Your holy guest Let Your grace be seen in us and bring us rest [Outro - organ and strings fade, soft choir amen] In Jesus Christ's precious name we pray Amen, Amen