SINGING TIME. “DID YOU THINK TO PRAY?” song visuals. This song tells children and youth that prayer is a “shield” to make their day better. When their day is not going well, they can say a prayer to change things. When they feel angry or hurt they can pray and it makes it easier to “forgive another.” Prayer can “CHANGE THE NIGHT TO DAY” so they should not “forget to pray.”
SONG VISUALS:
“Did You Think to Pray?”
(Hymnal, p. 140)
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LYRICS & MUSIC FOR THE SONG
“DID YOU THINK TO PRAY?”
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Lyrics
Did You Think to Pray?
31243, Hymns, Did You Think to Pray?, 140
Ere you left your room this morning,
Did you think to pray?
In the name of Christ, our Savior,
Did you sue for loving favor
As a shield today?
Oh, how praying rests the weary!
Prayer will change the night to day.
So, when life gets dark and dreary,
Don’t forget to pray.
When your heart was filled with anger,
Did you think to pray?
Did you plead for grace, my brother,
That you might forgive another
Who had crossed your way?
Oh, how praying rests the weary!
Prayer will change the night to day.
So, when life gets dark and dreary,
Don’t forget to pray.
When sore trials came upon you,
Did you think to pray?
When your soul was full of sorrow,
Balm of Gilead did you borrow
At the gates of day?
Oh, how praying rests the weary!
Prayer will change the night to day.
So, when life gets dark and dreary,
Don’t forget to pray.
Text: Mary A. Pepper Kidder, 1820–1905
Music: William O. Perkins, 1831–1902
