WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK

by Stan C. Countz

Sooner or later we’ll need the hide of an alligator
Every once in a while we gotta be like a crocodile
Don’t get upset or riled; it takes the faith of a child
To lay it at His feet and not let your fears run wild

Life don’t always follow your plan or script
Take Him by the hand and he will lift you up
Because denial is not just a big river in Egypt
Be vigilant and He will give you just enough

If you’re doin’ somethin’ great
You’re gonna come under attack
Who cares what they do or say
It’s like water off a duck’s back

The view is the same at the back of the pack
All they see or hear is someone else’s rear
They can’t see abundance; all they see is lack
All they ever hear is the voice of their fear

Don’t let them mass an attack
Try to hold on or hold you back
They can only see what they lack
It’s like water off a duck’s back

If you’re doin’ somethin’ great
You’re gonna come under attack
Who cares what they do or say
It’s like water off a duck’s back

The Enemy Within

by Stan C. Countz

The spirit may be willing
But the flesh is so weak
I need your daily filling
It’s your will that I seek

I need to feed the new me
And cease feeding the old
May your Spirit control me
May my heart not grow cold

Your word is more precious
Than much fine silver or gold
May my witness grow strong
And my spirit wax bold

May I stop trying so hard and learn to let go
Let your Spirit take hold and say “no” to sin
Die to my flesh and give the Spirit control
Who will save me from the enemy within?

For His sake I need to take off the mask
My sinful nature will never change
I need to face the truth and realize that
My struggles aren’t all that strange

I don’t have the power on my own to win
I need to yield myself completely to Him
Who’ll deliver me from the power of sin?
Oh sinful man that I am, I can never win

I can do nothing, anyway, apart from Him
So help me live in Him and die to my sin
Only He can save me from the enemy within
Only He can save me from the enemy within