The lyrics to the following song contain the essence of our most urgent need to Keep... First Things First. Tap link below to play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTOcZN9JB4
First Things First Lyrics
All the things that I have held dear
The vanities that whispered in my ear
What would I do if they all disappeared
Riches and fame and all that they could buy
I've come to find they never satisfy
What would I gain if my soul's the price
I don't wanna love what the world loves
I don't wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
I give it all
My life an offering
My heart is yours so
So have Your way in me
Your kingdom's all I wanna seek
I don't wanna love what the world loves
I don't wanna chase what the world does
I only want you
I only want you
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
First thing's first
I seek Your will
Not my own
Surrender all my wants to you
Keep the first thing first
To live Your truth
Walk Your ways
Set my eyes
Lord I fix my face on you
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
To keep the first thing first
All my desires reversed
To keep the first thing first
source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpTOcZN9JB4:
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To keep all my desires reversed... too, keep first things first.
Then we shall have good success... as all of our ways reflect Gdd's will not our own. The mess man has made of God's Garden... His creation is inexcusable but we did it anyway.... that is why we need grace... unmerited forgiveness We can not save ourselves and America can not save itself ...not without first acknowledging God and seeking His forgiveness.
Our greatest need today is GOD's GRACE... the world is perishing at the hand of mankind and our nemesis the Devil. Our battle is a spiritual one... we must wage it with spiritual weapons as well as our natural resources. We have the solution to all of our problems if only we will acknowledge HIM... Jesus Christ... the Word of God... made alive in the flesh... in us.,,. Who are born of the Spirit and not the flesh. One must be born again, not of the flesh, but of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus... to comprehend the glory that is ours.
Don't lose heart... we have an amazing God... Take His hand and He'll show you the stars and glory beyond compare. Don't lose heart you're not alone. Don't lose hope or your faith every promise God has made He is able to keep... Don't lose heart we have only a little way to come and then eternities doors will open to a universe of joy and eternal peace.
Dear Lord let us get our priorities right... help us to keep first things first ...
You hold the world in your hands and all roads bring us to you... Where we must choose to leave this world for a greater cause an eternal path... let us choose the path of the righteous, keeping first things first... that all things may be WELL WITH US. Until America returns to the basics of life ... too, keep first things first there will be no answers... not the answers we want for our children. We must keep Christ first.
We are a nation carved out of the wilderness... God's gift to the faithful. A new world given to those who left the known world, to venture into the unknown... we are of their stock and faith.. let us, therefore, leave behind the world and its immoral and misguided ways. Let us renew our minds with the washing of the Word of God... That we may ONCE MORE prove that which is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of our Lord... Let us make Christ Lord, put first things first, and ALL THE GOOD THINGS in life will flow effortlessly from the WELL OF LIE... the blessings of God will return to our streets... in our high places... and our homes. Put first things first.
The answer to America's problems is not hiding... He (Jesus) is standing right in front of us. Jesus is an open door... the portal of our dreams and salvation, He stands before all men with His arms lifted high, too, welcome home the children of God... the faithful. Let us put Him first and all those things necessary for life shall follow.
There is no greater love than to give... to give life in a dying world. What are we giving the word, our children, and grandchildren... life or death? We must put first things first if we are to find the path home... if we are to guarantee our future blessings. There are no shortcuts, no other way, but the way of Christ, the way of eternal peace. Behold I show you a new way, a better way... the way of Christ. Love.
Put first things first ... get your priorities in line... make straight the way of the Lord and the path of righteousness will be revealed... and all things prudent and good will follow... There is a way that seemeth right unto mankind but the ends thereof are death... put first things first and the way of life will appear an open door to God's glory will be revealed. Keep first things first.