Lyrics

1. 1. Heavenly Father, are you really there?
   And do you hear and answer ev’ry child’s prayer?
   Some say that heaven is far away,
   But I feel it close around me as I pray.
   Heavenly Father, I remember now
   Something that Jesus told disciples long ago:
   “Suffer the children to come to me.”
   Father, in prayer I’m coming now to thee.
2. 2. Pray, he is there;
   Speak, he is list’ning.
   You are his child;
   His love now surrounds you.
   He hears your prayer;
   He loves the children.
   Of such is the kingdom, the kingdom of heav’n.
3. Words and music: Janice Kapp Perry, b. 1938
   © 1984 by Janice Kapp Perry. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.