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Sunday, December 1, 2024

Come and Set Me Free

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. Romans 7:15 KJV

I remember reading Romans 7:15 as a new believer and finding the KJV wording both amusing and intriguing. (We didn't have such a great selection of Bible translations in those days.) I remember thinking that if Paul, who had been a believer for some time AND who wrote a good chunk of the New Testament couldn't get it together, then what hope is there for me as a new believer? But, at the same time, if there was hope for Paul who still struggled with sin even after many years as a believer, then there is also hope for me! After being a believer for about 20 years, this was my musical take on this.






COME AND SET ME FREE

© Edd Russell

(January 1995, Bakersfield)

 

CHORUS:

 G - A    D                           Bm

Jesus, come and set me free

                   G              A                       D

from the things that bind me to the world.

 G - A     D                         Bm

Jesus, come and set me free

                  G                A                     D

from the things that keep me from You.

 

VERSE 1:

D              G   -   A         D

I want to love You, O Lord...

     G             A                  D

to love You as You love me.

          G            A

But I find I cannot,

                    D                              Bm

there are things that make me stop--

         G                     A         D

that keep me from loving you.

 

VERSE 2:

D               G   -   A          D

I want to serve You, O Lord...

       G             A                   D

to serve You as You serve me.

          G            A

But I find I cannot,

                    D                              Bm

there are things that make me stop--

         G                     A         D

that keep me from serving you.

 

TAG:

                   G                A                      D

From the things that keep me from You,

                   G                A                      D

From the things that keep me from You,

G - A     D                         Bm

Jesus, come and set me free

                  G                A                     D

from the things that keep me from You.

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