Be the Friend Lyrics

A man down to Jericho among thieves he fell

Who they robbed and they wounded and left him to hell

The priest and the Levite their necks would not bend

But a stranger moved closer to make the amend

God through the stranger to him did extend

He drew closer than brother, to him be the friend

The prodigal son, he took all and one day

And with riotous living he wasted away

A hunger for safety within him did burn

So with sorrow to father the son did return

His brother was angry, 'tis jealousy's end

But the father drew closer than brother, a friend

When a man falls and does not have another

To help him arise, on his own he will suffer

If you move alongside for his heart to recover

To him be the friend that is closer than a brother

To comfort and strengthen for so in his end

He'll take courage in Jesus his heavenly friend

Jesus the Savior, he came to His own

But they did not receive Him and left him alone

But some of them knew what was promised to send

And they saw the salvation He promised to them

Jesus the Savior from death did ascend

To pour out of His Spirit for us to befriend

When a man falls and does not have another

To help him arise, on his own he will suffer

If you move alongside for his heart to recover

To him be the friend that is closer than a brother

To comfort and strengthen for so in his end

He'll take courage in Jesus his heavenly friend

Draw near to the soul with your eyes open wide

From within to within, see the soul that's inside

The trouble, the anguish, the pain they may hide

So draw near to the soul that on God solely cried

God will move in you, to them He will send

To draw closer than brother, to them be the friend

When a man falls and does not have another

To help him arise, on his own he will suffer

If you move alongside for his heart to recover

To him be the friend that is closer than brother

To comfort and strengthen for so in the end

He'll take courage in Jesus his heavenly friend

When a man falls and does not have another

To help him arise, on his own he will suffer

If you move alongside for his heart to recover

To him be the friend that is closer than brother

To comfort and strengthen for so in the end

He'll take courage in Jesus his heavenly friend