Sweet Hour Of Prayer chords by Gerald Wolfe

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Lord, sometimes I feel guilty for being still.
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My soul feels small and shriveled.
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I know I need to stop.
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I need to center my mind,
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my emotions, my plans on you.
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Yet when I save time to be quiet before you,
when I stop the motion
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and find a place to listen,
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I  feel guilty.
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I have been too conditioned
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to gauge my worth
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by what I'm getting done,
instead of on what you already
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have done.
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Lord, this pressure to accomplish something
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is felt even more in the circles
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where your name is used freely.
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What are you doing for the Lord,
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seems to be the important question
spoken and implied.
But my spirit tells me
that these are human expectations,
not divine ones.
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What you want is a rela
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tionship with me.
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Lord, I am here today to enjoy you,
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to be with you,
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to listen to you.
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Would you take me into your presence
and wash away the earth from my feet,
so that I may walk into your place
without leaving dirty prints
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on your carpets?
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Let me be at rest in the silence.
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I  bring nothing except my hunger
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and my full attention.
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Sweet hour of prayer, sing it.
Sweet hour of prayer,
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Sweet hour of prayer,
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That calls me from a world of care,
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And lifts me at the Father's throne,
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makes all my wants and wishes known.
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In seasons of distress and grief,
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My soul has often found relief,
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And oft escaped the tempter's snare.
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By thy return, sweet hour of prayer.
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That is so nice.