Standing in the Need of Prayer

Not my brother, not my sister

but it's me, O Lord,

Standing in the need of prayer,

Standing in the need of prayer.

Not my mother, not my father

but it's me, O Lord,

Standing in the need of prayer,

Standing in the need of prayer.

Not my neighbor, not a stranger

but it's me, O Lord,

Standing in the need of prayer,

Standing in the need of prayer.

(Traditional African American Spiritual)

20 March 2016