🎵 Song Title: “If I Forgive Not”
(Verse 1)
Though I speak with angels’ fire,
Tongues of men that climb up higher,
If love is gone and grace not shown,
I’m just a clanging, hollow stone.
For if I hold a bitter grudge,
How can I claim the throne of Judge?
God is love, and love bears all—
Forgiveness answers mercy’s call.

(Chorus)
If I forgive not, I gain no light,
Faith and hope are lost from sight.
Love is patient, love is kind,
Forgiveness frees the heart and mind.
Christ forgave me from the tree,
Now I forgive—He lives in me.
For love keeps no record of wrong,
Forgiveness turns the pain to song.

(Verse 2)
If I give all I possess,
Even die for righteousness,
But I withhold forgiving grace,
I’ll never see my Father's face.
Love delights not in the fall,
But lifts the broken when they call.
To walk with Christ, to know His peace,
I must forgive and find release.

(Chorus)
If I forgive not, I gain no light,
Faith and hope are lost from sight.
Love is patient, love is kind,
Forgiveness frees the heart and mind.
Christ forgave me from the tree,
Now I forgive—He lives in me.
For love keeps no record of wrong,
Forgiveness turns the pain to song.

(Bridge – Spoken or Sung Softly)
"Forgive, and you shall be forgiven…" (Luke 6:37)
"Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." (Colossians 3:13)
"Love never fails…" (1 Corinthians 13:8)
"And now abide faith, hope, love… but the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:13)

(Final Chorus)
If I forgive not, I walk in chains,
But grace has washed away my stains.
Love believes, endures, and sees—
Forgiveness brings the soul to peace.
Christ forgave me from the tree,
Now I forgive—He lives in me.
And love, that river ever strong,
Flows through my heart—forever song