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Strength 

Knock knock knock: I wonder who that is?

It’s me. Me who? The me who is sent to deceive

I don’t want you here

But I have something for you, something that you will love

You couldn’t have anything that I will love

But I have something that you have always desired

I have everything I have ever desired

But you do not have what I have

Creeeeeak. 

I open up the door slightly out of curiosity

And the deception has started ever so quietly

I didn’t understand what I was getting into 

But the slither of a serpent is so eventful

It does not pounce like a lion or a tiger or a bear

The sound of his footsteps is oh so rare

You never see him coming 

When you catch a glimpse of it you don’t start running

You ignore it. You say nah it can’t be that

Then you turn right back

Back to the wickedness he placed in you to do

But it started with cracking the door boo

If you do not well sin lies at the door

You see the Lord warned us of this then

When we were back in the garden

Cain killed Abel all because of covetousness

The anger in his mind could no longer rest

So he acted on it and what did that do?

That sin stuck to him like glue

This is what happens when we let the wrong one in

You gradually spiral out of control, you’re gonna let him win

You hit rock bottom and you can’t even look up

The pain of what you’ve done has broken sacred trust

You don’t trust yourself so you just sit there

You have been overcome by the prince of the air

And what does he do once you are through

He moves to your brothers and sisters to see what they’re up to

You see he’s a serpent and a scorpion and a dragon

He is as observant and careful and patient as a lion

Beware of his traps because he will try and try

His wiles are way more than meets the eye

Somewhere in that darkness a reset happens

You remember whose you are and that all this time you’ve been nappin

Nappin on your purpose on your people on your God

Then you start to feel quite odd

The guilt sets in and it feels unbearable

But you remember that with God all things are possible

So you pray for forgiveness you cry it all out

You fall on your face and you scream and you shout

You feel a cleansing that is beginning deep down

First time in a while you know you won’t drown

You reach your hand up to the sky

And the Lord is sitting up there on high

Knock knock knock: Oh Lord not again

But this time it’s not that old serpent

It’s the Lord coming in to sup

But only if you would just open up

He says if you draw night to me I will draw nigh to you

I will help guide you through

If you just trust in the Lord with all thine heart

I will stand you up, give you a start

I will teach you how to put one foot in front of the other

That you will never open up to another

You are my child and no one else’s

I give you strength to endure, I am He who blesses

You start to get the hang of walking so now you’re jogging

And you run up to a sister or brother who is now crawling

With the strength given to you, you grab their hand

With the strength given to you, you pull em to a stand

Knock knock knock: who could that be?

The Lord is now talking to you through me.