Thursday, January 24, 2008

My New Worship Song, 1st Draft

Have you ever noticed that all Christian worship music only covers the warm and fuzzy aspects of Evangelical Christianity? They sing about love, grace, forgiveness, peace, joy, and eternal bliss in Heaven. But after someone “accepts Christ”, the church sends them to special classes to learn about the other stuff. So I decided to write a little song about all the stuff that never gets sung about. It needs some work, but this is the first draft. Feel free to send me ideas to improve it.

Verse 1:
You accepted Jesus as your saviour
For every bad thing you did up till now
But now you have to keep track of your misdeeds
And confess them, while your sins you disavow

Verse 2:
You may or may not make it into Heaven
You just might be forgiven by his grace
You may or may not need to do good works to make it in
But do lots of good stuff anyway, so you’re covered just in case

Chorus:
We need your tithes; We need your offerings
We need your talents, time, commitment, and support
And while you’re doing this, you need to pray without ceasing
And stay ready for the rapture; remember time is short
We need your tithes; We need your offerings
We need your talents, time, commitment, and your vote
And while you’re doing this, please place a sign in your yard
Election time is soon; there are Republicans to promote

Verse 3:
Do good to those who do bad things against you
You must love those who may not treat you well
Jesus said that we must love our enemies
While God gets to burn all his in Hell

Chorus:
We need your tithes; We need your offerings
We need your talents, time, commitment, and support
And while you’re doing this, you need to pray without ceasing
And stay ready for the rapture; remember time is short
We need your tithes; We need your offerings
We need your talents, time, commitment, and your vote
And while you’re doing this, please place a sign in your yard
Election time is soon; there are Republicans to promote

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