The FERVENT PRAYER

(Of A Righteous Man)

Elijah was a prophet

A faithful man of God

A man of human passions

As are we

One day he prayed to God above

Lord don't let it rain

And not one drop of rain did fall

Until he prayed again

(chorus)

Because the fervent prayer

of a righteous man

availeth much

My God counts believing him

As righteousness

Believing when you pray

Not when you see

Puts you in touch

The fervent prayer

of a righteousness man

Availeth much

Now Abraham was an old man

Children had he none

And the wife he had

was nearly old as he

Yet he believed God's promise

A father I'll make thee

As many as the grains of sand

So will thy children be

(Repeat chorus)

Now Daniel was a praying man

Faithful to his God

Three times a day

He always knelt to pray

He was thrown into

A den of lions

and early that next day

The king who came and called to him

Rejoiced to hear him say

(Repeat chorus)

Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo

refused their knees to bow

Before gods of gold they never knew

They were thrown into a fire so hot

But the smell of smoke

Was on them not

Because they said

The God we serve

Is mightier than yourselves

Repeat chorus