GHS 133 : Out Of My Bondage Lyrics
GHS 133, “Out Of My Bondage,” is one of the most structurally elegant invitation hymns in the Christian tradition. Written by William T. Sleeper, every single line of all four stanzas follows the same pattern: naming a condition of lostness or human poverty, then naming the corresponding provision found in Jesus Christ. Out of bondage into freedom. Out of sickness into health. Out of want into wealth. Out of sin into Christ Himself. The hymn is a complete map of the exchange that happens in salvation: the believer brings their poverty, and Christ gives His abundance.
The repeated response “Jesus, I come to Thee” is both the movement of repentance and the language of full surrender. This hymn appears as number 133 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 133: Out Of My Bondage
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Out of my bondage, sorrow and night, Jesus I come, Jesus, I come; Into Thy freedom, gladness and light, Jesus I come to Thee; Out of my sickness into Thy health, Out of my want and into Thy wealth, Out of my sin and into Thyself, Jesus, I come to Thee.
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Out of my shameful failure and loss, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into the glorious gain of Thy cross, Jesus I come to Thee; Out of earth’s sorrow into Thy balm, Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm, Out of distress to jubilant psalm, Jesus, I come to Thee.
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Out of unrest and arrogant pride, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into Thy blessed will to abide, Jesus, I come to Thee; Out of myself to dwell in Thy love, Out of despair into raptures above, Upward for aye on wings like a dove, Jesus, I come to Thee.
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Out of the fear and dread of the tomb, Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come; Into the joy and light of my home, Jesus, I come to Thee; Out of the depths of ruin untold, Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold, Ever Thy glorious face to behold, Jesus, I come to Thee.
