Purity - Power - Promotion

Purity precedes power


After which comes promotion


God purify me thoroughly


Burn away the chaff in me


Consume every impurity


Make me how you want me


Take me! I am Yours Lord


With living for self I'm bored.


Life in you is invigorating


Therefore Consuming Fire


Arise unquenchably mightily


Make Yourself known to me


I don't want to live halfheartedly


Make decisions presumptuously


Neither do I want subtle mixtures


Of sin, self, iniquity, and vanity


To subtly find their way in me


Identify, annihilate, and remove


Every ungodly, sinful tendency


Help me get in the spiritual groove


To see, hear, and flow smooth


Catch the spiritual wave and move


Through cunning manipulators


Devilish irritating aggravators


Transcend accusatory rumors


Overcome clever evildoers.


Give me heavenly vision


And abundant provision


So I can purposefully do


All that you ask me to


That I might wisely influence


This sadly perverse generation


Pimped by MTV's lustful station


Cleverly made merchandise of


By greedy corporation nation


Record and clothes companies


Selling labels and cute trivialities


Sexy designer logos, seduce us


Creating a conformist culture


Come Christ Jesus and deliver us!


God only You can break the chains!


Show yourself strong in Jesus Name!


Things cannot continue the same


Our national leaders are so lame


Selling out to Saudis for money


Sending our young men to die


WMD was an evil scheme and lie


Iraq an unnecessary fought war


Killing countless lives for sure


Alienating peoples and nations


This is why we need pure people


Peaceable, diplomatic, and amicable


To govern the world in which we live


Men and women with a heart to give


Who possess the power of love


More than the love of power


For the latter will quickly devour.


Egoism, nepotism, and despotism


Even those blinded by patriotism


Who are incapable of justly looking


At issues internationally affecting


They are unsuitable to rule people


No matter how articulate they are.


A passion for purity is powerful


Honest, sensitive, and insightful


To the pure, integrity is most natural


Not an act, charade, nor a facade


Purity comes as we draw near to God


Lay down our pride and lofty agenda


Listen attentively for a divine referenda


To direct us in the way we must go


As we humbly and prayerfully bow low.