Keith and Kristyn Getty - Simple Living

[Verse 1]
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A rich young man came to ask of Christ:
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‘Good teacher, will You tell me,
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What must I do for eternal life?
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I’ve kept Your laws completely.’
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‘Sell all you have, give to the poor,
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Then heaven’s treasure shall be yours.’
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How hard for those who are rich on earth
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To gain the wealth of heaven.

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[Verse 2]
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Now Jesus sat by the offering gate
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As people brought their money:
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The rich they filled the collection plate;
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The widow gave a penny.
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‘Now she’s outgiven all the rest –
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Her gift was all that she possessed.’
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Not what you give but what you keep
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Is what the King is counting.

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[Verse 3]
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O teach me Lord to walk this road,
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The road of simple living;
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To be content with what I own
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And generous in giving.
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And when I cling to what I have
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Please wrest it quickly from my grasp;
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I’d rather lose all the things of earth
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To gain the things of heaven.