Male & Female (Born Again)
A tender, gospel-anchored worship song for older kids and preteens (about ages 9-13), from the album "Love Not This World." God made us male and female by His good design (Genesis 1:27), and the change we really need is to be born again in Christ (John 3) — sung with dignity and compassion, never mockery, all the way to "Jesus saves."
Intro
Search me, O God... You knit me — I am fearfully, wonderfully made.
Verse 1
Lord, You knit me in the secret — every thread and every bone; You made the boy a boy, the girl a girl, and the design was Yours alone; no new name and no new frame can un-write what You have penned — I can't out-vote my Maker; what You made, You'll keep and mend.
Pre-Chorus
The world cries "change it, trade it" — but it's not a sound mind's way; and the "love" the world is selling is a lust that leads astray.
Chorus
He made the boy a boy, the girl a girl — and He called it good; you can't unmake your Maker — and oh, child, you never should; you don't need a different body... you need a brand-new heart — be born again in Jesus; in the dead His Holy Spirit to start. Jesus saves, Jesus saves — He wipes away the shame; so lay the old self down, and rise, and never be the same.
Verse 2
Let the men be strong and lowly, made to guard truth, not to fall; let the women as Proverbs 31, fearing God, kind and brave their call; guard your purity like treasure — sons and daughters, hold it dear; and every little life is precious, knit by God — so hold it near.
Pre-Chorus
Same purity, same mercy, for the daughter and the son; a pure and God-fearing heart, Lord — in us let it be done.
Chorus
He made the boy a boy, the girl a girl — and He called it good; you can't unmake your Maker — and oh, child, you never should; you don't need a different body... you need a brand-new heart — be born again in Jesus; in the dead His Holy Spirit to start. Jesus saves, Jesus saves — He wipes away the shame; so lay the old self down, and rise, and never be the same.
Bridge
You did not give a spirit of fear — but power, love, a sound mind; so the change you really need is trust Him and His design: don't pursue dead things you crave, child — hand Him your heart and be made new; "such were some of us... but washed" — He died and rose for you. The Seed of the woman, Jesus, came, born to break the curse — so come, be born again in Him; let faith, not flesh, be first.
Final Chorus
He made the boy a boy, the girl a girl — and He called it good; take the lie and take the shame, and make us new, as You would; not condemned, but beloved — born again, and washed, and free; Jesus saves, in Him is no shame... He's calling you and me! be born again in Jesus; in the dead His Holy Spirit to start. Jesus saves.
Outro
Born again... washed clean... and never the same; boys are boys and girls are girls — and Jesus saves... in Jesus' name.


