BERNARD SHUFORD

I think I ripped the tune off from Staind’s “It’s Been a While”, but these lyrics don’t really seem to fit my memory…

It’s been a while since I felt Your presence,
It’s been a while since I held Your hand in mine
It’s been a while and I guess I lost my first love
It’s been a while but I still recall the day that I met you

Lord, I want your hand to lead me
I want you to be the center of my life.
But every time I lose direction
I always fail to realize you’re by my side…

It’s been a while since I’ve really felt convicted
It’s been a while since I hung You on that cross
It’s been a while and I’ve gotten quite complacent
It’s been a while and my life really seems so out of line

It’s been a while since I’ve even read Your Bible,
It’s been a while since I spent some time in prayer
It’s been a while since I told You that I love You,
It’s been a while but I’m crying out for You to hear me now

Jesus, take me now and clean me
Wash my heart and make me fit for your design
Fill me with Your love, and let it shine through me
Tie me to your side – don’t let this moment ever fade away….

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Dedication Prayer

music by Bernard Shuford
words by Karma Shuford

God gave to us His only Son,
The price to pay for our sin.
So, in love and obedience,
We offer our child to Him.

Lord, may his eyes see as you see.
May his hands, your kingdom build.
May his feet take him where you’d have him go,
And with your praise his mouth be filled.

May his ears hear your voice,
and his mind think of you.
May his heart be filled with love,
and his soul to you be true.

Lord, may his eyes see as you see.
May his hands, your kingdom build.
May his feet take him where you’d have him go,
And with your praise his mouth be filled.

God gave to us His only Son,
The price to pay for our sin.

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Just a beggar on a street in New York City
Where he sits and stares and dreams of yesterday
There’s a picture in his pocket of his fam’ly
And he sometimes pulls it out and drifts away

To a place where all is well and there’s no pain
To a time when he loves everyone again

In nineteen sixty four , he bought a Bible
And carried it to church three times a week.
His wife and son went too and they met Jesus
And the preacher said “We love you coming here.”

But that church in Tennessee, it had some problems
Black men really didn’t quite fit in
So some people made some calls and accusations,
And they calmly told him “Don’t come back again!”

To a place where all is well and there’s no pain
To a time when he loves everyone again

Just a beggar on a street in New York City
Where he sits and stares and dreams of yesterday
There’s a picture in his pocket of his fam’ly
And he sometimes pulls it out and drifts away

When a man comes to your door, how you treat him
Tells him everything he knows ‘bout who you are
From the beggar on the street in New York City
To the rich girl riding in the limousine

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She’s constantly amazed by all his talents,
How he stands so strong and true in all he is.
He knows who won the Super Bowl in ’82,
And when Dale Earnhardt died it broke his heart,
But a question wanders round inside her mind….

Daddy, do you ever pray?
Do you fall down on your knees?
Daddy, do you ever pray?
Saying “Jesus, help me please!”
Daddy, do you every pray?

She knows he loves her mama and her family,
He kisses her each night and tucks her in.
There’s never been a time when she’s been hungry,
And she knows he’ll be there when she needs him most.
But the question wanders ’round inside her mind….

Daddy, do you ever pray?
Do you fall down on your knees?
Daddy, do you ever pray?
Saying “Jesus, help me please!”
Daddy, do you every pray?

Daddy, do you every pray?
Daddy, do you every pray?
Daddy’s need to pray…
Daddy, do you every pray?

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