When I read and listen to the news these days
I can't help but think:
I can't help but think:
If we ever needed the Lord before,
- we sure do need him now!
We need you in our hearts, Lord,
when we so easily resort to
when we so easily resort to
bitterness, prejudice and hatred...
We need you in our speech, Lord,
when insult, mean-spirited sarcasm,
when insult, mean-spirited sarcasm,
half-truths and outright lies
are so often on the tips of our tongues...
are so often on the tips of our tongues...
We need you in our politics, Lord,
when more and more we fail to even try
when more and more we fail to even try
to understand what truth
the other side might speak...
We need you in our thinking, Lord,
when we so often rush, mindlessly,
to rash judgments
when we so often rush, mindlessly,
to rash judgments
based on uninformed opinions...
Lord, we need you to guide
our discourse and debate beyond
simply defending our biased positions:
simply defending our biased positions:
we need you to guide us to seek truth
as our only goal...
We need you in in the White House, Lord,
and in Congress and in the DOJ
and in our Courts;
we need you in every place
where we need justice and truth and mercy
to speak, to shine and to rule
as the law of the land we love...
We need you, Lord,
we need you to push, prod,
we need you to push, prod,
nudge, shove and move us
when we fail to speak out and fail to act;
when we're hesitant, fearful and overly cautious,
when we're apathetic and so self-protective
that we fail to respond to those issues
when we fail to speak out and fail to act;
when we're hesitant, fearful and overly cautious,
when we're apathetic and so self-protective
that we fail to respond to those issues
crying out for action and change...
We need you to fill us, Lord,
with a spirit of justice and wisdom,
a spirit of good counsel and understanding,
a spirit of reverence and fortitude
a spirit that helps us
a spirit of good counsel and understanding,
a spirit of reverence and fortitude
a spirit that helps us
to see as you see,
to love as you love,
to choose as you choose,
and to serve all our neighbors
to love as you love,
to choose as you choose,
and to serve all our neighbors
as you serve us:
fully, freely, with forgiveness...
fully, freely, with forgiveness...
If we ever needed you before, Lord,
we sure do need you now!
Don't abandon us, Lord,
don't leave us to our own foolish devices!
Open our eyes and ears,
open our minds and hearts to you, O Lord
and to the presence and power of your Spirit
moving within us and among us...
moving within us and among us...
If we ever needed you before, Lord,
we sure do need you now!
If We Ever Needed the Lord Before
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If we ever needed the Lord before
we sure do need him now
we sure do need him now
we sure do need him now
we sure do need him now
If we ever needed the Lord before
we sure do need him now,
we sure do need him now,
we need him every day and every hour!
We need him in the morning!
We need him in the night!
We need him in the noon day
when the sun is shining bright!
We need him when we're happy!
We need him when we're sad!
We need him when we're burdened
just to make our hearts feel glad!
If we ever needed the Lord before
we sure do need him now
we sure do need him now
we sure do need him now
we sure do need him now
If we ever needed the Lord before
we sure do need him now,
we sure do need him now,
we need him every day and every hour!
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