When I find I have no time to pray
Or when I pray I find my mind astraying badly;
When astray I try to gain control
Only to face up to the warfare in my soul.
When I find I have no time to read
Or when I read the Word of God to feed my spirit;
But my interest lags so far behind
It's then I wake up to the warfare in my mind.
When I find I have no time to meet
In the Lord's Day worship at the feet of Jesus
When I find from home I can't depart
Lord help me see that it's the warfare in my heart.
When I meet but have no voice to raise
A word or song of celebration "Praise to Jesus"
When everything is everytime a bore
Lord help my life, for sure the warfare's at the core.
When I find I have no time to serve
Or when in service I am often shirking duty.
Then I think "Could I be worth a test?"
Just come to find that Satan only tests the best.
When I find I have no time to be
Friend to even one who needs to see that Jesus
Lives today, His Spirit outpoured fresh
Upon His people in this warfare more than flesh.
When I find all hypocrites so fake
Making up the Body for the sake of Jesus
When I hardly want to shake a hand
Seems in this warfare I am failing to stand.
When I find each week and everyday
I'm criticizing people and not praying for them
Instead of looking up I'm looking out
But it's not people that this warfare is about.
BRIDGE
Lord, free me again from this bondage in my soul
Lord, free me again. Now please come and take control.
I want to be, all that You say
I give my all now, You have Your way
Your way demands that I pay a price
Nothing I hold back from sacrifice.
Lord free me again.
Copyright 1996 Donovan D. Cole