Romans 3:10
If you see light in me
It's no goodness of my own
My life is worthless if I
Don't place Jesus on the throne.
I do that by surrendering
My heart made of stone.
This means seeking out
The orphan whose family and friends have flown.
It's compassion plus loving action
To the man without a home,
It means loving the adulterers,
The murderers, they need to be shown
What it's like to be forgiven and loved
Instead of spoken to in a condescending tone.
Because surely we are like all of these,
Living in the world, yet also unknown
It means speaking the Gospel
In every place we roam
Our life and our breath,
Our food and our home,
They truly aren't ours,
They are merely on loan
They're all gifts to share
So his kingdom can be grown
A sense of urgency we need,
We can't afford to postpone
This moment is right
For his light to be shone,
So let's speak with authority
Through love---our microphone.
Our foolish sense of righteousness
Let us no longer condone.
We surely deserve to die
Around our neck a millstone.
So teach us Father, please
To see things as you do,
Let us not limit the Gospel
To our exclusive crew.
We convince ourselves we're right,
Yes we try to play you.
Blacks, Asians, Hispanics,
Homosexuals, the Jew,
Drug attics and child molesters,
You died to save them, too.
So break us, dear Lord
Tumble walls in our mind
Let us no longer condemn,
But like your Son: humble and kind,
Remind us that our lives
In Christ are redefined
Our sight colorblind
Pure love for all mankind
Our own will declined
Our programming redesigned
To give up everything and say
"Not my will but thine!"
So before we fall again,
Please heal our eyes blind
Teach us to ask WWJD?
Then follow unwavering behind.
Preaching tomorrow at Sandy Creek CoC. Here is the subject matter.
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