Give God Praise

For waking you up this morning

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In joy or even in mourning

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When the going gets rough

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And when confronted by the tough

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No food at all in the home

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Not a friend and standing alone

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Cost of living up and economy down

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And everyone is wearing a frown

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In the happy times of festival

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Amidst grief of a loved one’s funeral

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When there’s all round approval

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And when there’s total refusal

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When the children misbehave

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And when spouses rant and rave

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When sermons begin to sting

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When melodies lift and ring

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When darkness dims and blinds

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And the daily life just grinds

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No money on the banks

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No one returns to say thanks

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When the climb is ever steep

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And instead of laughter you weep

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The prognosis says no tomorrow

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Can’t repay what you borrow

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Convicted yet you are innocent

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Did you wrong but won’t repent

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Overlooked you for another

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Could help but just won’t bother

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Everyone’s happy though you are sad

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For the good, indifferent and bad

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Pains in the day and all night long

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Heart aching and there’s not a song

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Don’t feel like it one little bit

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Uncomfortable to stand or even sit

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When there is repeated success

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When everything done is a mess

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When thieves strike and fires rage

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When evil seems an unending stage

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Taxes are due and the bills arrive

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Nothing happening though I strive

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Significant others disappoint

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Oft in the valley less on the mount

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Father berate and mother forsake

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Family behave like nothing’s at stake

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Tsunami, hurricane and all close in

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Lost of property and next-of-kin

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All appears ‘going down the drain’

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Beginning to buckle can’t hold strain

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Stop and recall it could be worse

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Free I am from sin’s awful curse

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Troubles today will come to an end

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Eternity with Jesus we shall spend

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So together let the phrase ring out

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Come what may we all can shout

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Give God the Praise!

Stewart Russell © 2014