[Chorus] God is our Heavenly Father, With compassion at His core, Whose first impulse is mercy, To love, forgive, restore. [Verse 1] When you think of God the Father, What image comes to mind? Is He harsh and unrelenting, With no patience for mankind? Or is He our Heavenly Father, With compassion at His core, Whose first impulse is mercy For the people he adores? [Chorus] God is our Heavenly Father, With compassion at His core, Whose first impulse is mercy, To love, forgive, restore. [Verse 2 God’s ways are not our ways His thoughts are not our thoughts. When we think that God is like us His true picture will be lost. God is just and holy He’s wrathful against sin. But his heart seeks out the sinner Again and again and again. [Chorus] God is our Heavenly Father, With compassion at his core, Whose first impulse is mercy, To love, forgive, restore? [Bridge] Let the sinner return to the Lord Who will have compassion on him. God will abundantly pardon, Set free from the burden of sin. [Chorus] God is our Heavenly Father With compassion at his core; Whose first impulse is mercy, To love, forgive, restore. [outgo] [up tempo] Yes, He is he our Heavenly Father, With compassion at his core. His first impulse is mercy, To love, forgive, restore
