Some of the greatest doctrines ever given
From our Father above who lives in Heaven
Are written so simply and pure
And the simplest of all is to endure
We trudge through this existence each day
And suffer what reverses come our way
We fight with despair and trial and sin
And are often tempted to just give in
But God has not left us by ourselves
Nor placed our lives upon His shelves
To be glanced at on occasion
But reaches us with the Spirit's persuasion
He tells us that we must pray to Him
To love Him and forsake all sin
In humbling ourselves in this way
He promises to be with us through our days
He also tells us that we must feast
Upon His word - daily, at least
For therein can we find the power
That will sustain us hour by hour
We may feel that we are alone and weak
We dare not pray or ask or seek
We doubt ourselves and our poor state
We fear, we fail, we learn to hate
But these things are not from God
Who raises us from this mortal sod
To a higher sphere of love and grace
And holds us in His arm's embrace
He sent His Son to pay the price
His love is thus displayed in a trice
And all he wants is for us to love Him
To follow his ways and abandon all sin
This is what makes us happy, anyway.
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