I FIGURED IT OUT!!

It is 'Blessed Assurance' by Third Day from Next Door Savior
I actually figured it out this morning on the way to church - the radio played a swing version of the song - I think the DJ said it was from a Women of Faith cd.

Anyway, Third Day was one of the first bands I thought of, but I couldn't find it on any of their albums, turns out it was on a 'variouis artists' album.

I ended up doing the layout of my grandma using the lyrics from "Homesick" by MercyMe, it was anoher song that was on a lot when she died, and made me think of her for obvious reasons. Blessed Assurance was one that I always remember her sitting at her piano singing. They featured "Have You Been To Calvary" at her funeral, my aunts thought it was her favorite - but I always thought "Blessed Assurance" was one of her favorites.

Anyway - thanks to everyone who tried to help - even if you didn't post and were racking your brain for me.

Here's the layout that I made if anyone wants to look
Homesick

Plus one that I made of my other Grandma which features her favorite poem "footprints"
Footprints

I still have many more to make to complete my memory album of my grandma - but this one was probably the hardest (maybe - though, the other one I made of her was super hard as well) I suppose I will have to make another and feature "Blessed Assurance" since I spent so much time and so many tears trying to figure it out.

Here are the lyrics:
1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.

2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
(Refrain)

3. Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
(Refrain)

This was sung by someone with a very deep voice. The song had a harder edge. If anyone even knows a rock/hard rock christian band with a singer with a deep voice, please let me know so I can listen to some of their songs from discs released in '04 or '03 on itunes and hopefully find the song I'm looking for.

Thanks

The second song that I'm looking for for my grandmothers memory album is the real toughy.

I am looking for a song that was on the radio late 2004 and into 2005. It was a traditional hymn recorded (I think) by a christian rock band. The lead singer has a really deep voice.

My grandma died November 2004 and the song was on the radio a lot at that time and it always made me think of her. Now I'm wanting to create a memory album about her and include the lyrics in the journalling. For some reason I can't think of any of the lyrics or even the tune.