How They Spin Prosperity lyrics
Words and Music by Vivian Gendernalik
There's a teaching called prosperity
If someone is in poverty
Suffers lots of difficulties
That person mustn't be right with God
Teachers of this completely conceal
We’re not to build wealth where thieves break in
Just heaven where our hearts should be
And spin it to mean worldly prosperity
CHORUS 1
Right from the heart of Pharisees
Is how some spin prosperity
Put dollars in eyes, instead of on Christ
Make hearts partial, to others in strife
That’s how they spin prosperity
Straight from their hearts of Pharisees
Such teachers conveniently forget
The poverty and strife Paul described
He and his disciples lived
As they selflessly evangelized
In 2 Corinthians Paul said
He and Timothy were poorly dressed
Having nothing they went hungry
Without a place to call a bed
BRIDGE 1
When the greatest of the great
Were the poorest of the poor
Yet made many rich forever more
It's not the measure of a man
But the measure of the Lord
That shows
Where a person really stands
CHORUS 2
Right from the heart of Pharisees
Is how they spin prosperity
Put dollars in eyes, instead of on Christ
Make hearts partial, to others in strife
That’s how they spin prosperity
Straight from their hearts of Pharisees
It's what they play
It's what they say
It's how they spin it
To a worldly shade
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