Mend my way Lord I Pray - By Naphtali Banda

Once a gospel student
Shinning bright, God’s radiant
Once gospel fluent
Now worldly mutant

Once God’s temple
Now devil’s sample
Testing pleasures of this world
Forgotten God’s word

This is my life
His spirit I have stabbed with a knife
To the world I were a mask
Deep down I have forsaken God’s task

They call me a pastor’s kid
Not knowing am headed for hell’s pit
I stand before people to preach
Yet his face I do not seek

I have become the perfect definition of the lost son
My life not shinning as bright as the sun
Not radiating any light like the moon
Then they tell me, “Christ is coming soon”

More powerful than sin is his grace
Spread out to every race
If only to him I can turn
With me he will run

If there was hope for that sinner on the cross
From death to life I too can cross
In me he can once again breathe life
And his light I can ignite

Hence, to you I come Lord
I can no longer walk alone in this road
Please take away this heavy load of sin
To your cross my sins I pin

Mend my way Lord I Pray
Forsaken I’ve gone astray
From your presence daily I sway
Burdens to you I lay

Mend my way Lord I pray
My deeds portray not your creed
You alone I need
On my knees lord plead

Mend my way Lord I pray
Burdens on you I cast
Only you can remove this rust
In you I put my trust

Mend my way lord I pray
My body to the devil I have leased
By your power alone am released
Only by your blood am I cleansed

Mend my way Lord I pray
It’s broken into pieces
Like Judas I’ve betrayed you with kisses
Take me back to your heavenly places

Mend my way Lord I pray