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Fifty Ways to Serve
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A laid-back country-soul gospel shuffle about a man who tells the Lord he doesn't fit in — and a Savior who answers with a grin and a list. Seven days of discovering that the door to serving was never locked, and that number fifty is the simplest one of all: just show up.
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace."
A song for the road you're on.
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Fifty Ways to Serve Dirt Road Gospel Music DirtRoadGospelMusic.com [Verse 1] I told the Lord one evenin', "I don't know where I fit in I can't preach and I can't sing, and I don't know where to begin" He said, "The door was never locked, son — you just gotta step on in There must be fifty ways to serve your Savior" He said, "I'm not lookin' for the polished or the loudest in the room I built My church on fishermen and borrowed someone's tomb So don't you tell Me one more time there's nothin' you can do There must be fifty ways to serve your Savior" [Chorus] Just open up the Word, Bert — make a quiet start, Art You don't need to be flashy, Ash — just listen to Me Pick up the phone, Joan — go check on a friend, Ben Just drop to your knees, Reese — and set your soul free [Verse 2] He said, "It breaks My heart to see you benchin' your own soul You keep waitin' on a callin' while the coffee's gettin' cold" I said, "Lord, I hear You preachin', but there's still one thing I don't know — Could You walk me through a few of fifty ways?" He said, "Take it to your pillow, we can talk it out in prayer Come tomorrow you'll be trippin' over need most everywhere" And sure enough by breakfast I found fifty ways to care — There must be fifty ways to serve your Savior [Chorus 2] Go mow somebody's lawn, John — lift up a song, Vaughn You don't need a stage, Paige — just sing it to Me Go visit the sick, Rick — share what's on your plate, Kate Help carry the load, Joe — and set your soul free [Bridge] Sweep off a widow's porch, sit with the lonely Cook a casserole and carry it down the road Forgive the one who hurt you — He says that one counts as ten, son Tip like you mean it, pray for the fella that cut you off Buy the coffee for the stranger standin' right behind you Leave the porch light burnin' for the prodigal next door Hand over the keys to the man you used to be And set your soul free [Final Chorus] Just open up the Word, Bert — make a quiet start, Art You don't need to be flashy, Ash — just listen to Me Pick up the phone, Joan — go check on a friend, Ben Just drop to your knees, Reese — and set your soul free [Outro] Write to a man in jail, Gail — cook a widow a meal, Neil Rock a nursery baby, rake an old man's leaves Fix a single mama's brakes — that's twenty-five! Coach the little league, read to a kid Shovel out a driveway, give away your Saturday Stock the pantry shelf — that's thirty! Drive a friend to chemo, babysit for nothin' Haul your neighbor's trash cans up the drive Stack the chairs when everybody's gone Pay a stranger's light bill and don't sign your name — thirty-five! Learn the waitress's name, hold the door, hold your tongue Give away your coat, grow tomatoes just to give 'em — that's forty! Set another place at your table, invite somebody Sunday Text a friend a verse, sing at the nursing home Thank an old soldier — forty-five! Mend a fence you didn't break, wave at everybody Slip a little extra in the plate Say amen like you mean it — that's forty-nine! And number fifty... Just show up There must be fifty ways to serve your Savior And I believe He's just gettin' started