WORDS AND MUSIC BY TIMOTHY K. POPE
WHEN I’M DOWN AND TROUBLED
JUST CAN’T FIND A WAY
I CAN TRY TO CARRY ON
AND IT SEEMS LIFE THE WHOLE WORLD’S TEARING ME APART
WHEN I THOUGHT THAT I WAS MUCH STRONGER
WHEN MY BROTHERS FALLIN REACHES OUT HIS HAND
AND THERE’S NO ONE CLOSE TO REACH IT
FRIEND AND FAMILY ARE DRIFTIN FURTHER APART
AND YOU JUST CAN’T HELP FEELIN’ DEFEATED.
THERE ARE PROMISES OUR LORD OUR FATHER HAS MADE TO US
AND HE’LL ALWAYS BE THERE TO REACH DOWN INTO OUR LIVES
AND LIFT US UP WHEN WE
PRAY, GOD IS ALWAYS THERE TO HEAR OUR CRIES
PRAY, HE WILL DRY THE TEARS FROM OUR EYES
PRAY, HE WILL LIFT THE LOAD WHAT EVER SIZE
PRAY, TO SHOW HIS LOVE LIFT THE PAIN AND STRIFE
PRAY, I FALL DOWN ON MY KNEES TO SAY
PRAY, LET HIS LOVE GROW STRONGER EVERYDAY
PRAY, WHEN JESUS IS THE ONE WE TRUST
PRAY IS ONE OF THE THINGS HE WANTS FROM US
WHEN I’M HARD AT WORK WORKIN HARD AS I CAN
TO GLORIFY MY GOD, SAVIOR, MASTER.
AND ALL I EVER SEEM TO HEAR FROM MY BOSS IS “YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR JOB SO MUCH FASTER”
WHEM MY BROTHERS BLINDED JUST CAN’T SEE THE LIGHT
THROUGH THE DARKNESS SATAN HAS PLANTED
REACHING OUT IN ALL THE WRONG DIRECTIONS FOR THE RIGHT
ALWAYS ENDING UP EMPTY HANDED
THERE ARE PROMISES OUR LORD, OUR FATHER HAS GIVEN TO US
AND HE’LL ALWAYS BE THERE TO
REACH DOWN INTO OUR LIVES AND
LIFT US UP WHEN WE
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SATAN IS ROAMING IN AND OUT OF LIVES
SEEKING OUT WHO HE MAY DEVOUR
BUT HE HAS BEEN DEFEATED WHEN JESUS ROSE AGAIN
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS
SEEK THE LORDS POWER, THROUGH CHRIST OUR SAVIOR
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