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Your House
How is your house?
May I ask you tonight.
Is it full of gloom
Or does it shine bright?
Let's check tonight
Let's really care,
That it's built on love
And not full of hot air.
I want you to consider,
And I want you to decide,
If it's truly a lighthouse
To the people outside.
Of course, Christ's the foundation
On which we must stand
In order to enter
That promised land.
However, our house
Can look like a dump
If we let it get full
Of this world's junk.
To get junk in your house
Is not hard to do.
Satan comes in
And creeps up on you.
That's why it's important
To keep your light on,
No matter the time
Whether darkness or dawn.
The easiest place
To enter for Satan,
Is into your basement
Where your past needs a paintin'.
He'll find all the smut,
All the dirt and the filth
To throw at your heart
To make you feel guilt.
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But all that you need
Is the paint that is red,
To put on your walls -
That's Christ's blood that was shed.
So when Satan comes round
To dig up your past,
Chase him away
With the blood that will last.
But if you neglect
The blood on your walls,
Then the dirt will collect.
It won't be noticed at all.
You'll then be all worried
And so full of fret,
Your terrible past
Will be hard to forget.
So keep that old basement
Dirt free and lots cleaner
By remembering the blood
Of your precious Redeemer.
The very next place
Where Satan will try
Is into your living room
Where he really is sly.
The living room's the place
That's noticed the most.
It's where you serve tea
And be a good host.
And what if that person
Comes at a bad time?
Will you make up excuses
And hand them a line?
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Someone may come
You're not expecting to see.
You're not really prepared
For any company.
Will then you neglect
To invite them on in,
And tell them of Christ
Who will wash all their sin?
If your living room's sad
And gloomy that day,
Will sinners want
To come in and stay?
Our living room needs
To be a warm, cozy spot
With a glow all about it
Where the Lord will be sought.
But if it is cold
And so full of gloom,
A sinner won't want
To enter God's room.
So you are responsible
For your own living room,
You don't want anyone
To forever be doomed.
How could God care
If there's nothing to eat?
Why give God your tithes
When there is no meat?
There's also another place
Where Satan will hit.
It's into your kitchen
If your light isn't lit.
He will try to discourage you
When your cupboards are bare.
He will say to your heart
That God just doesn't care.
If you harken and listen
And with Satan agree,
Then nothing will be blessed
By God, you will see.
There's always a bedroom
Inside of your house,
And you better believe
That's where Satan will pounce.
It's where you get tired
Of serving the Lord,
So you crawl to your bedroom
And close tight your door.
No matter how often
The Lord seems to knock,
You just cover your head
And leave your door locked.
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Don't let Satan stop you from praying to God,
And reading your Bible,
Which is your daily job.
But God won't keep knocking. Soon He will leave.
So you better make sure that you stay on your knees.
Next is your attic
That's located on top,
Which is really your head
That holds all your thoughts.
Satan will put
All kinds of things in your head
To make you feel weary
And your feet feel like lead.
So keep your light shinning
In your attic above.
Make sure that it's filled
With all of God's love.
Last of all is outside
Where the garden you'll see.
And this is the specialist
Place to me.
It's all full of flowers
And has a sweet smell.
It will make you feel
That all is well.
The roses are blooming,
The leaves are so green.
You almost feel like
You're in a deep dream.
The garden's the place where you come to pray.
You get down on your knees day after day.
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You must go out there
All of the time,
Because if you don't,
Weeds will grow on your vine.
Dirt needs to be loosened
And roots need some water,
Especially at noon
When the sunshine gets hotter.
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Jesus did teach us
To pray in a 'garden',
'Cause if you don't
Your heart will get hardened.
You see, when you pray
To God up above,
You will be filled
With the fragrance of Love.
You will be in
Your own garden of prayer.
You'll be like a rose
Without any cares.
You don't need to have
Any roses and flowers.
Just find you a place
To pray for an hour.
But if your garden
Is left all alone,
It will get so full
Of unwanted thorns.
So make sure tonight
That your house is all bright,
Inside and out
by God's Holy Light.
The Light of the world is Jesus !
John 8:12