I Pray We Will All Be Ready | M. L. Cribbs | Deeper Life Bible Church Choir | Mallam, Ghana

The lyrics and music of this song were composed by the late Marlowe E. Cribbs (d. 2019) of the Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Cribbs insisted that effective music was the segue for the Word of God to flow with power and authority. The song he composed was first sung by the Chicago Mass Choir in 2005. He is pictured at 3:45 in the video.

This piece was sung at the Deeper Life Bible Church Leaders Strategic Conference in April 2020. The ministry of the Deeper Life Choir is to edify souls and reassure persons of God's mercies and grace. Their motto is from The Epistle to the Hebrews 12:14: "Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord."

The lyrics are as follows:

I pray we'll all be ready (2x)
I pray we'll all be ready for his return
I pray that we'll get our business straight
So we can all meet at the gate
I pray we'll all be ready for his return

Two men walking by the road
One of them had a heart pure as gold
The sky was split and the pure in heart raptured away
But one of the other one left behind who did not purge his heart in time
Cried to the Lord but for him it is too late

Man and wife in their bed
One of them by the Spirit lead
The rapture came and took that one above
The other one rose on the next day to found their love one raptured away
Oh what a way to lose the one you love

I pray that we'll give our hearts a search
So that we won't be playing church
I pray we'll all be ready for his return

I pray we'll get down on our knees
So the Lord can wash us clean
I pray we'll all be ready for his return

No man knows the day, nor the hour
No man knows the day, nor the hour
You must be, you gotta be
You gotta be ready, you gotta be ready

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