He Answers Prayer

Have you ever heard a song and it just stays with you for days?  Sometimes you wish it would just go away.  Ha!  Well, these beautiful words have been in my mind (and heart, and voice) for the last several days. What a gift we have, that truly Jesus answers prayer.

Approach, my soul, the mercy seat,
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.

Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh;
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee,
And such, O Lord, am I.

Be Thou my Shield and hiding Place,
That, sheltered by Thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him Thou hast died!

O wondrous love! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead Thy gracious Name.

-by John Newton (author of Amazing Grace)