A new beginning is great. Some examples: Paying off a car. Selling a house. Getting a new job. A foster child being adopted. Letting go of the old, and feelings of relief and excitement for the future, will be overwhelming. This song, by a group called "All Things New" is all about this feeling. Every Christian should spend some time considering the enormity of what full and free forgiveness means! If you ask a person who came to know the forgiveness of Jesus later in life, you are likely to be told a life story with emotion and relief. You can't help but sing, "When your love washed over me..." So, when life is wearing you down and you need a new start, don't forget about Jesus. He came to clean your dirty soul, to free you from the debt of sin, to give you purpose, and to adopt you as His child in the faith!
Lyric Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgAgPY_aM_s
Acoustic Version with Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1VBYTKA7c
Verses for Consideration:
Matthew 23:26 ESV
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
1 John 1:7 ESV
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Lyrics:
The sun is rising on a new day
My soul's alive cause my sins you cast away
Down by the river, I was redeemed
When your love washed over me When your love washed over me
My chains were broken, my debt was paid
I traded dirty rags for riches in your name
And in that moment, my soul could sing
When your love washed over me
Like water, you poured out And grace covered me When your love, oh your love When your love washed over me
My search is over, I've found my home My cup is overflowed, with you I thirst no more There on the river I found the victory When your love washed over me
Like water, you poured out And grace covered me When your love, oh your love When your love washed over me
When your love, when your love
When your love washed over me
When your love, oh your love
When your love washed over me
Like water, you poured out And grace covered me When your love, oh your love When your love washed over me When your love washed over me
Yea yea, you washed over me