PREACHER MAN
words & music by R. Lorraine Taylor-Wheaton c1997

Verse 1:
Well, I walked into the church -slid into a pew. Took a casual look around, I think I saw a few of the faithful getting ready, to hear a word from you.
Well the singers sang their songs, and the greeters greeted good, The reader read the word, and the preacher man he stood, and he said, 'Welcome all the faithful, We're so glad that you came, but we're not about to start this thing without praying in His name, so all across the sanctuary you can sit or kneel or stand, But you best get yourself comfortable while I'm talking to the Man.'

So all around the church - they knelt down in their pews, Listeing to the sounds, I could tell more than a few, of the faithful had already, heard a word from You. I heard some sinners sobbing tears while the preacher prayed a while, kneelers hit the floor and charismatics ran the aisles, And he prayed " Send your holy spirit, Lord. Send your peace just like a dove. Oh father shower us with blessings. Drop the fire from up above. We've got no business being here without you. Lord and friend and now we ask Your blessings here in Jesus name. Amen."

It got real quiet in the church - after they echoed his amen, the congregation settled down - I wondered what would happen then. Now the preacher man was ready, to share the word from you, with carefully chosen words, he started kinda slow. Read John 3:16 then he sorta let it go and he said "we're gonna talk about redemption, we're gonna talk about the plan, Rejoice in salvation, because we've been born again. We're gonna see the crucifixion from a whole new point of view, And we're gonna pray that Holy Pentecostal power down on you, But i can feel the spirit leading me, "He said there's a soul lost here today."

And suddenly a silence came that took my breath away, and before i knew what happened I was on my feet, saying 'preacher I'm the one, I'm the one in need!" And the faithful laid their hands on me as if to heal me from disease, I'll never know just how I got down to that alter on my knees, I was reborn, renewed, reclaimed, redeemed, and wholly sanctified, then for hours around that alter we just cried and testified. Alleluia!!!

Then I walked back out the church - passed every empty pew, you know I'm not leavin' here the same - I've got a whole new point of view. And next time I'll be ready to hear a word from you, And the moral of this story that I tell today to you is... Never let yourself get too comfortable when you slide into the pew!!