Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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A soldier was
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whose father was a minister.
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After he was in the armed services
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for a few months,
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his father received a telegram saying
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and that your son is missing in actions.
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Lord Jesus. This man, after
reading the telegram,
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being a minister of the gospel,
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pastoring a church,
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an d ask them to go on a
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shut -in with him.
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Lord Jesus. And after they stayed
in the church
for three long days and nights,
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praying and asking God,
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to come down and make a way, Lord Jesus,
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return to their various homes.
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The minister went on home
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and a few days later,
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trying to tell you what my God can do,
that your son has been found,
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but he's a prisoner of war.
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As the tears began to roll down
the man's face,
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he began to talk to God.
what you didn't hear me.
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for your way
you couldn't be found
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an d this man went on knowing that the Lord
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one Sunday morning
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while he was holding his services
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he looked back at the church door
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and his son walked down the aisle.
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Yeah! Yeah! Won't God hear
and answer prayer?
you this while I'm talking.
He had been trying to get his son to find Jesus,
but his son wouldn't seek for him.
His son wouldn't
come to church regularly,
but that morning his son
He said, Brother Pastor, officers,
members and friends,
I don't mean to interrupt the service,
but I just came here this morning
to let you know that the Lord,
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the Lord, the
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The Lord has brought me
And he said, I was a prisoner of war.
He said, I had to sleep on
the cement floor.
He said, they gave me only bread
and water to drink.
He said they put me in a dark
room
where I couldn't see the light.
He said they beat me and
kicked me around.
But lookie here, somebody,
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somebody,
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sing up a little prayer for me.
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That the Lord has brought me
to sing that song.
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The Lord has brought me.
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From the mountain long way.
Raise your hands tonight.
from a mighty long way.
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And Hep was saying,
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the Lord has brought me.
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The Lord has brought me.
That's what the boy said.
stream down his face.
how they had me captured,
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I've been blessed by His goodness.
you tonight,
but what did the Lord say to me?
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I've been saved by His blood.
I've been saved,
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Oh, yes, I am.
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I'm blessed.
That's what that soldier
said that day.
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I'm so blessed.
Ha, ha.
Oh, my.
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I've been blessed by his goodness.
down over there,
but the Lord saved me.
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And praise Your name.
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Jesus loves us all.
Can you say thank you, Jesus?
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