New White Tee
Redemption's Whitewash: A Spiritual Journey of Cleansing
Lyrics
I been wrestling for Your blessing all nite like Jacob
The speaker has been earnestly seeking God's blessing all night, reminiscent of the biblical story of Jacob wrestling with God.
Your Presence refreshens my mind when I wake up
The speaker finds rejuvenation in God's presence when waking up.
Wash me in Your word, cover me with Your blood
Asking to be purified by God's teachings and protected by His sacrifice (blood).
Complete me with Your grace I heard of this amazing love
The speaker has heard about God's extraordinary love that completes them through grace.
Mercy new each day, shine Your light bright in me
Request for God's mercy and guidance to shine brightly within the speaker each day.
You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
Comparing being cleansed from sin to having the stains removed from a new white t-shirt.
Lost in my mess, but everyday you still find me
Despite being lost in personal mess or struggles, God consistently finds and helps the speaker.
You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
Reiteration of being cleansed from sin, likening it to the freshness of a new white tee.
Second Corinthians ten:four, it's time to wage war
Reference to a Bible verse (2 Corinthians 10:4), indicating a call to fight against entangling sins.
Against the sin that entangles and brings your shame to the floor
Encouragement to confront and overcome personal shame-causing sins.
Put your pride to the side no time for games anymore
Suggests setting aside pride and being serious about spiritual matters.
You enlist in the army gotta pray for your soldier
Analogizes commitment to God as enlisting in an army, emphasizing the need to pray for fellow believers.
He wipes away sin, look my stains all gone
Highlighting God's ability to remove sins, emphasizing the removal of stains or wrongdoing.
Toss it down at the altar and leave if it ain't for the Lord
Advice to relinquish sins at the altar and leave them behind if they aren't aligned with God.
Surrender or meet Him face to face at the front door
Choice: Surrender to God or confront Him regarding life decisions at the end (front door).
Or when it comes to enter into heaven, you ain't gonna go
Suggests the consequence of not aligning with God's principles might lead to not entering heaven.
He forgives with rich mercy all who pray for it
God forgives those who earnestly pray for mercy and forgiveness.
No suggestion, the great commission you gotta pay forward
Emphasis on sharing the teachings of Jesus with others as part of one's duty (the great commission).
The steps of a servant they gotta stay ordered
Importance of maintaining a disciplined and ordered life as a servant of God.
Rite behind Christ, ain't anything more important
Nothing is more important than following Christ closely.
I been wrestling for Your blessing all nite like Jacob
Reiteration of the themes mentioned earlier in the song.
Your Presence refreshens my mind when I wake up
-Wash me in Your word, cover me with Your blood
-Complete me with Your grace I heard of this amazing love
-Mercy new each day, shine Your light bright in me
-You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
-Lost in my mess, but everyday you still find me
-You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
-Skip what you heard from others, Christ is faithful to pardon
Emphasis on Christ's forgiveness, accepting Him, and the urgency to come to Jesus.
Took the world's sin on Him like dump trucks takes garbage
-His love's all consuming like wildfires take over forests
-Deposit your life into Christ, you'll reap a gracious 'arvest
-I'm speaking of another life, but nah I ain't no Martian
-Only a sinner saved from death by the Lord's amazing caution
-Cuz sin is good for the moment, but stains your brain with problems
-One day you wake up in a cage debate on how you got locked in
-You ain't alone humanity's lost without Christ
-Each moment of His life count the cost, paid the price
-For eternity, certainly was His reply
-Come to Jesus while there's time
-He'll accept you, no decline
Direct references from the Book of Isaiah, emphasizing the need to cleanse oneself and seek God's forgiveness.
I been wrestling for Your blessing all nite like Jacob
-Your Presence refreshens my mind when I wake up
-Wash me in Your word, cover me with Your blood
-Complete me with Your grace I heard of this amazing love
-Mercy new each day, shine Your light bright in me
-You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
-Lost in my mess, but everyday you still find me
-You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
-Isaiah one says that even though we make many prayers that God will not listen because Our hands are full of blood
-So we need to wash ourselves and make ourselves clean
Quoting Bible verses (Isaiah and Revelation), emphasizing the cleansing power of God despite sins.
Remove the evil of your deeds from before My eyes says the Lord
-Cease to do evil, learn to do good, seek justice, correct oppression, bring justice to the Fatherless, plead the widow's cause
-Come now let us reason together, says the Lord
-Though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow
-Though they are red like crimson they shall become like wool
-Revelation says blessed are those who wash their robes
-So that they may have the right to the tree of life
-And that they may enter the city by the gates
-Cuz outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and Idolaters And everyone who loves and practices falsehood
-So if you got some stains on your soul come to the Lord & ask Him to make you clean, in Jesus name
-I been wrestling for Your blessing all nite like Jacob
Reiteration of earlier themes, reinforcing the need to seek God's cleansing and grace regularly.
Your Presence refreshens my mind when I wake up
-Wash me in Your word, cover me with Your blood
-Complete me with Your grace I heard of this amazing love
-Mercy new each day, shine Your light bright in me
-You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
-Lost in my mess, but everyday you still find me
-You cleaned me of my sin like a new white tee
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