Blest Be the Guy Who Tithes (NOT!)

(Lyrics Copyright 2003 – Jack E. Helser, Jr. – All Rights Reserved)

Blest be the guy that tithes

His tenth in fiscal love

And if he doth hold back so much as one dime

He’s robbing from God above

Before the minister’s throne

We empty our pocket books bare

Our fifties, our twenties, our tens, fives and ones

All vanish as into thin air

In rapturous song we enjoin

While filling the offering plates

The sound of checks ripping – the ring of lose coin

Brings joy to the minister’s face

(Key Change)

When Jesus commissioned the twelve

To seek out the Father’s lost sheep

He told them “take nothing, ask not for yourselves

Give freely as you have received”

Not once did Christ ask men for tithes

Nor e’r did He ask them to pay

The Good Shepherd taught us to lay down our lives

His children will follow His way

Jack Helser

(With permission)