BECAUSE OF THE LORD

Because of the Lord
Shannon Itzel, Bill Itzel

I once was in a family, a family of death
My inheritance was to pay
For the debt of sin, that I owed Him
Who is holy in all of His Ways

But now I’m in a family, a family of life
And my inheritance is to praise
My eyes are fixed on my eternal prize
Secure till the end of my days

Chorus
Because of the Lord, I rejoice
Because of His salvation
Because of the Lord, because of the Lord, I rejoice
Because of the Lord, I rejoice
Because of His salvation
Because of the Lord, because of the Lord, I rejoice

His standard is perfection, and I fell so short
Engulfed in my sins raging flood
No power to strive, He made me alive
He paid all my debt with His blood

And now I’m in a family, a family of life
And my inheritance is to praise
For He made me His child, now I’m reconciled
Secure for all of my days