IT PAYS TO SERVE JESUS

Come on and join us, cried the crowd,
We're gonna have a ball!
Gonna kick our heels up,
Drink our fill of alcohol.
We're gonna do just any thing
Our lustful hearts desire.
We'll shove all thoughts of God aside;
We'll forget about Hell's fire!

But the young folks walking close to God
Said, "Our lives belong to Him.
Our bodies are His temple;
We'd not make a ruin of them."

When at last the party ended,
And the revelry all was past,
The things that had seemed so much fun,
Now took a different cast.
Pleasure for a little while,
Brought shame that stained a life,
And memories, (the few seen through the haze),
Cut conscience like a knife.

But those who walked with Jesus,
Awoke to face the day,
With eyes and hearts and minds still bright;
What more need we say?
Godliness is PROFITABLE.
A life for Him does pay,
Not only in the Judgment,
But each step along the way!

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