Song Description

I taught him how to pray and he made Jesus his friend.

Lyrics

The Old Rocking chair

Let me share with you for a moment
Something I shared with my old friend
You see Bobby had become very sick
And was coming to his life's end
He asked me to stop by his house
To see him while he was still here
He said he didn't have long to live
And had something I needed to hear

When I walked into his room
An old rocking chair sat by his bed
I thought that it was meant for me
But Bobby told me this story instead
He told me he had taken my advice
From a couple of years ago
When he told me he had trouble praying
So I told him what I'd come to know

Chorus
I said when you are praying
It's as easy as talking to me
God wants us to be His friend
And that's what prayer should be
Just imagine you're talking to a friend
Facing you in an empty chair
Soon you will discover how easy
It is to go to The Lord in prayer

Break

Bobby told me with that advice
And the help of that old rocking chair
Of the many happy hours he'd spent
Talking to his friend Jesus sitting there
He'd opened his heart and soul to Him
And he thought that I'd want to know
How this prayer time had changed his life
And now he was prepared to go

Repeat Chorus

Bobby passed away this week
They buried him today
I saw his wife at the funeral
And she had this to say
Bobby passed so peacefully
He was so happy after you were there
We found him smiling in his bed
With his hand in that old rocking chair