Ministry with a Message

Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations
Before the mountains were born you
brought forth the earth and the world.
From everlasting to everlasting you are God.
For 1,000 years in your sight is like one day
just gone by we're like a watch in the night.
Surrender my life, thank you Lord

You want the ministry but you don't want the mess
You want the strength but not the struggle or the stress
You want the fruit but you don't wanna plant the seeds
Refusing to be lead but you're the first that want to lead

You want the victory but you don't want to fight for it
Sacrifice for it, Jesus gave His life for it
You running red lights and stopping at the green one (yeah)
It's time to get your head right and focus on the Kingdom

Look, hey cigarettes will only leave you with some bad breath
Bad habit, mathematic equal half steps drunk driving loud music
for a crash dummy hey,
only prison and collision come with fast money.
convicted felon with the firearm you're asking for it,
look where you're heading why you betting if you can't afford it,
How are you gonna teach them if you've never been taught,
how are you gonna give them
something that you don't even truthfully got?
Hey, you need to stop blaming your moms and your pops and everybody
in this world for all your murderous thoughts,
just because His invisible now you question existence
this regarding God's principle with your difficult difference.
Took a heart of a criminal, went through spiritual surgery,
a mouth full of cussing replaced with kindness and courtesy,
I've only come to the throne gracious and merciful,
that's the reason this relationship is so close and so personal hey

You want the ministry but you don't want the mess
You want the strength but not the struggle or the stress
You want the fruit but you don't wanna plant the seeds
Refusing to be lead but you're the first that want to lead

You want the victory but you don't want to fight for it
Sacrifice for it, Jesus gave His life for it
You running red lights and stopping at the green one (yeah)
It's time to get your head right and focus on the Kingdom

Look, you don't know what I'm up against half the time apart of me is
smiling while the other half is crying but part of me is dying while
the other half is trying if I could hold on
to the promise of Jesus then I'll be fine yeah!
Give me a solitary place where I can pray alone it's
like we both running this race so what are you waiting on?
Flashback and a past scene, shadows on the wall,
till I'm body bagged into the bag I
told God that He could have it all.
Hey, speak life for me when haters spit and spite on me and stick
beside me when you see this worlds dividing me and in the sea for me
where life is so hard to breathe for me make my
home a place of peace where rest is simply sweet for me.
Let all my children know I love them please remind them,
keep daddy off in prayers cause I'm out here fighting giants and
leaving you a legacy greatness is our destiny
sanctified and set aside and finish what was meant for me yeah

You want the ministry but you don't want the mess
You want the strength but not the struggle or the stress
You want the fruit but you don't wanna plant the seeds
Refusing to be lead but you're the first that want to lead

You want the victory but you don't want to fight for it
Sacrifice for it, Jesus gave His life for it
You running red lights and stopping at the green one
It's time to get your head right and focus on the Kingdom