A PARENT’S PRAYER – Cary McVay
LORD I WANT MY KIDS TO KNOW
A STRAIGHT AND NARROW ROAD
BUT THE WORLD IS WAGING WAR
AGAINST THEIR SOUL,
THIS I KNOW
LORD I WANT MY KIDS TO WIN
OVER THE POWER OF SIN
BUT I CAN’T CONTROL THEIR CHOICES
THAT THEY MAKE,
SO THIS I PRAY
CHORUS
HOLD THEIR HEARTS WHEN I’M NOT THERE
WHEN TRIALS COME TO TEST THEIR FAITH
LET ‘EM KNOW THE POWER OF PRAYER
HOLD THEIR LIVES IN YOUR HANDS
WHEN THE WORLD TRIES TO PUSH THEM DOWN
PROVIDE THE GRACE TO STAND
HOLD THEM CLOSE WHEN I CAN’T
LORD I WANT MY KIDS TO BE LIVING LIfE VICTORIOUSLY
YET I KNOW THAT THERE’S NO WIN WITHOUT A WAR.
YES, THERE’S A WAR
LORD I AM TRYING TO LET GO
ALL OF MY EARTHLY CONTROL
SO THAT HEAVEN HAS THE STRONGEST VOICE TODAY,
SO THIS I PRAY
(REPEAT CHORUS)
LORD, YOU KNOW I TRY THE BEST I CAN
BUT THERE’S ONE THING THAT I UNDERSTAND
I AM NOT THE SAVIOR THEY NEED TO KNOW
AND I AM NOT SO BLIND THAT I CAN’T SEE
THAT THE GREATEST PLACE FOR THEM TO BE
IT’S NOT MY ARMS BUT IN YOUR MIGHTY HAND
MIGHTY HAND
(REPEAT CHORUS)
HOLD THEM CLOSE WHEN I CAN’T
OOOH, HOLD THEM CLOSE
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