Lord of Patience (feat. Melissa T.)

Heavenly Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus
 It's because of His righteousness that we pray You receive this
 Lord, you're holy, we shouldn't even be in Your presence
 Due to our sin, we don't deserve the least of Your blessings
 But through the cross and believing that Jesus is risen
 Even the worst of sinners can be redeemed and forgiven
 I'm living proof when I say this and these are truthful statements
 You're beautiful when displaying Your unusual patience
 You take the blasphemous- pridefully stuck in our blindness
 Instead of smashing us, decided to love us with kindness
 Even with unbelievers facing Your terror, You slow up
 Like when You waited patiently in the era of Noah
 We know that with You, a day is just like a thousand years
 So does that mean for every sin, You cry a thousand tears?
 Who can record Your graces? Adored through scores of ages
 Your reward is the nations, for You are the Lord of patience
 Our Sovereign God, You are
 The Lord of Patience, yeah
 Your wrath, Oh God, we deserve
 Christ has taken, yeah
 Gracious God, You are
 Slow to anger, yeah
 You're Lord of patience and
 You love us patiently
 Lord, we worship You, we know that everything we owe You
 And when we reflect on the time before we came to know You
 How we were unbelievers committing tons of treason
 We had a hundred reasons why we wouldn't come to Jesus
 But they were all excuses because our thoughts were useless
 That's what the dark produces, Father, You already knew this
 We were foolish and clueless, just as ruthless as Judas
 Who knew that You would choose to pursue us and move to woo us
 So after waiting with patience as we would run from You
 You activated our faith so that we would come to You
 Your law exposed our sin so that we would know the danger
 And take refuge in the Holy Savior who's slow to anger
 And as our teary eyes beheld the cross of our King
 We understood the true meaning of long-suffering
 Who can record Your graces? Adored through scores of ages
 Your reward is the nations, for You are the Lord of patience
 Our Sovereign God, You are
 The Lord of Patience, yeah
 Your wrath, Oh God, we deserve
 Christ has taken, yeah
 Gracious God, You are
 Slow to anger, yeah
 You're Lord of patience and
 You love us patiently
 And now that we're in Christ, the thing that is amazing to us
 Is that You still continue to display Your patience to us
 Through all our stumbles and falls and our idolatry
 Through all our grumbling and all of our hypocrisy
 Our self-righteousness, with brothers and sisters we're hostile
 Our unforgiveness- all because we're just missing the gospel
 We should be slow to anger, but Your Word- we're slow to hear it
 Oh Father, help us please! We truly need Your Holy Spirit!
 He is the only Person who can shape this fruit within us
 We praise the risen Savior who is able to present us
 Without an ounce of blame, with zero doubt or shame
 Lord Jesus, down You came from heaven to announce Your reign
 In the hearts of Your people, and now we have the truth
 And gladly choose to praise You for all of Your attributes
 Who can record Your graces? Adored through scores of ages
 Your reward is the nations, for You are the Lord of patience
 Our Sovereign God, You are
 The Lord of Patience, yeah
 Your wrath, Oh God, we deserve
 Christ has taken, yeah
 Gracious God, You are
 Slow to anger, yeah
 You're Lord of patience and
 You love us patiently