From the recording Hard to Pray / Even the Nice
Lyrics
Hard to Pray, I'm Sorry
Parody of "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" performed by Chicago and written by Peter Cetera & David Foster
(Psalm 5:3, 51:11, 63:1, 119:130; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 5:17; Ephesians 6:18; Hebrew 4:12, 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:16; Isaiah 57:15)
Everybody needs a little time to pray — the fervent say
Or we sputter
Be a Bible-reader all your days
Find a way — don't be stubborn
Told me now
It's hard to read and pray; I'm sorry
I don't want you to stray
If you're always readin' through
God will speak a lot to you — I promise, dude
And after all that He'd said and done
The Lord blessed and pardoned me; I can't just go
Ooh hooo-ooh
Couldn't stand if He stepped away — just for a day
I'm not godly
Wouldn't wanna be stripped of faith
Fall away from the One God above
Don't be proud
Or start believin' made-up stories
I just want truth alone
Only now
I really wanna dwell on Christ's glory
I could never get too bold
After all, when He'd been bruised
Christ still gave it up for you — like Thomas knew
And after our Lord was dead and gone
He just departed briefly and then rose
After all that He went through
I will straighten up and do — my darnedest, too
(Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-hoooh)
You’re gonna see the lofty One
When He gets here, goin' up in the air
Won't have to read it once we're already there
And for all who doubt He's real, au contraire
Hold on — I'm gonna stay in prayer
2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.