Abidin'

No bribin', no conivin', no strivin' will do

They'll never make no change in you

You can hold your breath, stand on your head

Still the changes won't come, till their Spirit led

Abidin', that's when the changes come

Abide in Jesus, He's the best at gettin' it done

Now, a Christian brother who's name was Ben

Had a real bad problem, seemed without end

His impatience, at times, got the better of him

So he tried many methods like countin' to ten

Still, the harder he tried, the harder it got

Till his face would go red, and he cuss a lot

He'd confess his sin and forgiveness came

But then Ben would go out and do it again

What the ol' boy needed was delivery

And only God's Spirit could set him free

Ben began to abide like a branch to the Vine

Now deliverance is his every time

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Now, sister Sue had a problem, too

Though not like Ben, she kept her cool

But when it came to gossip, man, that gal could rap!

She found it hard to say something kind

Wound up hurtin' someone every time

With a juicy story, she just couldn't shut her trap

But Sue found the secret of takin' God's rest

And instead of makin' promises and doin' her best

She lets the Lord take that tongue control

Now, instead of sowin' distrust and discord

She's so busy talkin' about the Lord

That she ain't got time to talk about so and so