Ordinary Mean of Grace

Ordinary Means of Grace
Warwick Allen
Saturday, 25 May 2025

[Verse 1]
I breathe Your Breath in the quiet,
knowing my prayer is heard.
I eat the bread, the good diet,
of Your daily, guiding Word.

[Chorus]
We receive them in
the ordinary,
Your daily mercy
and Your endless grace.
The beautiful gifts,
the blessed routines,
“ordinary means”:
there we find Your grace.

[Verse 2]
As cool waters over me flowed,
life-giving grace made me new.
Your body, Your blood, gifts bestowed,
draws us, Your bride, in to You.

[Verse 3]
Together with the saints I come,
share prayer, sweet fellowship.
Your grace knits Your body as one;
united, You we worship.

[Chorus]
We receive them in
the ordinary,
Your daily mercy
and Your endless grace.
The beautiful gifts,
the blessed routines,
“ordinary means”:
there we find Your grace.

[Verse 4]
As I gladly serve Your Body
with my modest offering,
Your grace is pouring into me,
and it's I who's receiving.

[Verse 5]
Through Your faithful teachers, preachers,
countless graces I'm given.
Understanding of Your scriptures,
make You more deeply known.

[Bridge]
And we do, we eagerly pursue
the extraordinary.
But we're happy to glory
in the ordinary.
That's where we find You

[Chorus]
We receive them in
the ordinary,
Your daily mercy
and Your endless grace.
The beautiful gifts,
the blessed routines,
“ordinary means”:
there we see Your face.