And Jesus taught them how to pray
And gave them words like this to say
Our Father, who in heaven dwells
Your glorious name with honour swells
Upon the earth your kingdom come
Just as in heaven, your will be done
Give us today our daily bread
Forgive the sins we’ve done and said
Forgive us too each evil thought
As we forgive just as you taught
And from temptation give us peace
And from the tempter’s grip release
The Kingdom and the power yours
Your glory all creation roars!
So, ask and seek and knock until
You find your Father’s perfect will
And find a quiet place to praise
Away from prying human gaze
Your Father who in secret sees
Will listen to your private pleas
Don’t praise yourself before God’s throne
But ask your Saviour to atone
And plead for God’s redeeming grace
To cleanse from sin in every trace
They asked him to provide a sign
To prove his was a power divine
The prophet Jonah’s sign I give
Three days in death and then I’ll live
And mark my words those Ninevites
Repented, put their house to rights
Don’t miss the point of what I say
Turn to the Lord, repent and pray!
The Pharisees did not agree
Consumed by their hypocrisy
Their holiness a complex mask
To keep their laws was quite some task
Then Jesus called down seven woes
Put them to shame, such Holy Joes!
As leaven rises in the dough
Their murder plans began to grow
They hate me and they will hate you
Before the courts stand straight and true
And when they charge you with a crime
Do not forget that you are mine
My Spirit will provide the words
Just tell them what you saw and heard
No fear, no shame, no guilt, no blame
Hold fast my name and you shall reign
A fight between two brothers flared
A legacy was undeclared
But Jesus would not legislate
I will not judge or arbitrate
But take some time to ponder, stop
A rich man had a bumper crop
He had no room these goods to store
What can I do to hold some more?
Tear down my barns and build new ones
And rest in peace with tons and tons
Of wine and grain and all things good
This rich fool had not understood
That every good and perfect gift
Is from the Lord who plans to sift
The wheat from chaff and this his ploy
To bring the harvest home with joy
He gained the world but lost his soul
For him the death knell bell would toll
Into the sovereign threshing floor
His soul was gathered and his store
Of goods passed to his progeny
Who shared their father’s destiny
Beware, take care to shun all greed
To have enough is all you need
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