I Am a Child of God --Modified for Fallen Man

I am a child of God

(Adapted from Paul Sutorius by H. Curtis Wright)

I am a child of God.

That’s only half the view:

If I don’t shed the natural man

I’m sunk, and so are you.

Lead me, guide me, reconcile me,

Chasten me on earth:
Help me overcome the Fall;

Grant me the second birth.

I am a child of God.

That doesn’t clear the slate:

I’m carnal, sensual, devilish in

A lost and fallen state.

Save me, change me, rearrange me,

Gracious God above:

Cleave unto my broken heart;

Bestow redeeming love.

I am a child of God.

Yet I’ve become His child

Through faith in His Beloved Son’s

Redemption undefiled.

Lead me, guide me, justify me,

Cleanse me, make me pure;

Help me love as thou hast loved,
Or I cannot endure.