That Old Time Religion Poem by Lagaya Evans

The people of today
Not as ours before
Our God never changes
He just opens up new doors

That old time religion
Fulfilled a purpose and is all good
But God’s doing a new thing
Just like he said he would

The Holy Spirit is as God
And will never change
The same today and forever
Will always be the same

We are the ones changing
In a different time and day
We aren’t the same as before
We’ve changed in every way

So grandma’s religion
Was good enough for her
But God is sending us a new
A fresh anointing for the church

There is a new generation
God is bringing them about
With a voice of praise and thunder
A whole new way to praise and shout

God is excited in this day
No more hush and be quite
Stand up and be heard
In the day would be a riot

We’re raising up a standard
How we praise our living God
As he pours out his Spirit
Listen and be taught

That old time religion
Is still good for us all
We’ve only kicked it up a notch
Bam! Our Praise to God!