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Pure Joy - Tiago 1:2-4,12; 5:7-8,10-11
Words and Music by Hank Fenn and Gary Miller
Lead; Hank Fenn

Chorus:
Consider it pure joy
When you face trials, trials of many kinds
Consider it pure joy
Know that the tests of your faith
Can make you steadfast, patient and wise
Perseverance must finish its work
That you may be complete
Not lacking anything
Consider it pure joy
When you face the many trials of life
Trials of life

Blessed is the man
Who endures trials again and again
When he has stood the test
He will receive the best
The crown of life Which God has promised
To those who love him

Be patient as you wait for God's return
Like the farmer waits for rain
For his harvest to confirm
Take courage and persevere
For the coming of our Lord is near

Chorus

As an example of suffering and patience
Look at the prophets who spoke in God's name
We know how happy they were
Because they stayed true to God
Even though they suffered great pain
Job is an example of steadfast trust
Bringing joy in God's master plan
The Lord is tender and merciful
Compassionate to all men

Consider it pure joy
Consider it pure joy
Consider it pure joy
Consider it pure joy
Consider it pure joy

Chorus

When you're feeling lonely
When your heart is ???????
When your friends forsake you
And you feel ???????

Chorus

Quick To Listen - Tiago 1:19,20,26; 3:2-12; 5:15
Words and Music by Gary Miller
Lead: Gary Miller

Quick to hear what's good and true
Quick to hear the best about you
Quick to listen slow to speak
Slow to say a word unkind
Slow to say what's on my mind
Quick to listen, slow to speak

The tongue is slight like the spark of an ember
Set the world on fire
And even though it's just a small member
It can take the world higher

A word can tear the people apart
Or heal a broken heart

Chorus

A tongue that's full of the deadly poison
It brings the sting of death
A tongue that's full of the sweet Holy Spirit
Is a life-giving breath

A word can curse and defile and can injure
A word can praise the Lord

Chorus

I don't want to fall for the wordly deception
And lose my goal
I don't want to practice a worthless religion
And lose my soul
I don't want to promise what I can't deliver
And I don't want to be cold

Do What It Says - Tiago 1:22-25, 27; 2:14-26; 4:17
Words and Music by Kevin Schaffer
Lead: Kevin Schaffer

Chorus:
Do what it says, have faith
Look into the Word and go through with it
Do what it says, have faith
Your action speak louder than words

Is it good when he boasts of faith
And does nothing
Can such faith save him?
He sees the sick and the poor and then he does nothing
Faith by itself is dead He says be well, keep warm and fed
But does nothing
Doesn't even give them bread
His actions speak louder than his words

Chorus

She's alone after 50 years
And you do something
To comfort her distress
He's so young and now he's on his own
And you do something
You live the life that God accepts
The world tries pulling and you hold back
Then you do nothing
Pure and faultless is what God sees
Don't forget the words you have heard

Chorus

You believe there is a God
Even demons believe
Faith without deeds is nothing
A man's faith and actions must work hand in hand
To make his faith complete
Justified by what he does and not by faith alone

Chorus x3

God Has Chosen - Tiago 2:1-11; 1:9-11; 5:1-6
Words by Duane Adams and Brishan Hatcher/ Music by Duane Adams
Lead: Brishan Hatcher


There is a party
He doesn't have many social graces
A definite party
But he just seems to watch the faces turn away
When he tries to play their games
And he sits as he stays with the cliques and clichés
Fill then room like a cold, cold wind
Hoping for nothing more
Than to be treated like a friend

Chorus:
God has chosen those who are poor
In the eyes of the world to be rich in faith
God has chosen those who are poor
In the eyes of the world to receive his grace
And the kingdom He has promised
To those who love him so
God has chosen those who will follows his ways

Every Sunday
Everyone sits in their normal pews
It's a regular Sunday
Passing around all the gossip and news
We cultivate our social circles once more
Then we hurry away to get on with the day
Say goodbye with an empty grin
Passing by a brother who is trying to find the Lord again

Chorus

The riches of this evil worlds
Are only fleeting things
So live for Him and find the wealth
That only He can bring

Chorus

God Gives Grace -  Tiago 3:14-16; 4:1-6
Words and Music by Gary Miller, Hank Fenn and Matt Mitchell
Lead: Brian Randolph

Selfish ambition
The truth it is denied
Oh the bitter envy
It's a spiritual demise

Battles burn within you
Passions pound down in your heart
All for your own pleasure
That's how you play your part

Chorus:
But God gives grace to the humble
And everything our heart desires
And even when we fall and stumble
God gives grace to the humble

God gives grace to the humble!
God gives grace to the humble!
God gives grace to the humble!
God gives grace to the humble!

Devilish motivation
Love is crucified
Strife and segregation
Quarrels and endless fights

Godly opposition
Surely justified
Blessed acquisition
Victim of our pride

Chorus

Without A Doubt - Tiago 3:13,17; 1:5-7; 5:17-18
Words and Music by Gary Miller
Lead: John Laws

Chorus:
Who is wise and understanding among you?
Let us see how good his life can be
Working wisely in humility
Who is wise and understanding among you?
Ask of God he gives it gen'rously
Never doubting, praying faithfully

Without a doubt
Elijah prayed that it would stop raining
Without a doubt
He lived what he believed
Without a doubt
God heard his prayer and made the earth go dry
Without a doubt
Elijah prayed again, The rain fell from the sky!

Chorus

Without a doubt
We'll serve and pray and never stop praising
Without a doubt
We'll live what we believe
Without a doubt
God hear our prayers, heal hurts, our tears will dry
Without a doubt
We pray again, his blessings fall from the sky

Believing He's turning and blending our hearts together
And without a doubt our minds will be as one
Believing he's changing, enabling - we're living forever
And without a doubt we're living in the Son

Chorus

Only One Judge - Tiago 4:11-12; 2:12-13; 3:1; 5:9
Words and Music by Hank Fenn & Gary Miller
Lead: Steve Reischl

Speak no evil
Against each other
For you speak against the law
If you slander your brother

If you're judging others
You're judging the law
You're not keeping it at all

Chorus:
There's only one judge
Only one lawgiver
Able to destroy
And able to deliver
Only one judge
Only one lawgiver
Who are you to judge your neighbor?
Who are you to judge your neighbor?

Not many of you
Should be teachers, you see
For teachers will be judged
With great severity

Don't grumble against each other
Less you be condemned
And he's coming in

Chorus

Speaking without slander
Lovin' over law
Mercy over judgment Gives freedom
Speaking without slander
Lovin' over law
Mercy over judgment Gives freedom

The Father's Will - Tiago 4:15
Words and Music by Gary Miller
Lead: Lydia Gott

Chorus:
If it is the Father's will
We will live and we will do this or that
If we would his word fulfill
And together we stand

If it is the Father's will
We will prosper as we do His commands
And His promises fulfill
We are in His hands

The Father's will

Our days are like a vapor
Here now but soon they're gone
It's time to love your neighbor
It's time to hear the Son

Chorus

What's going on tomorrow?
What's happening today?
In all our joys and sorrows
This is what we should say:

If it is the Father's will
We will live and we will do this or that
If we would his word fulfill
And together we stand

Listen to the Father
Listen to His words good and true
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Things are goin' better for you
Just leave it to the Father
He has such a powerful way
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow
Live today

Chorus x2

In Jesus' Name - Tiago 5:13-20
Words and Music by Gary Miller
Lead: John Green

Chorus:
Pray for the sick and anoint them with oil in Jesus' name
The prayer of faith will make them well in Jesus' name

confess your sins to each other
And pray for each other that you may be healed
The earnest prayer of righteous
Is very powerful and full of results

Chorus

In anyone among you suffering
Then let him keep on praying about it
In anyone among you happy
Then let him keep on singing about it

Chorus

Let the Lord raise us up
Our sins He will forgive
Let the Lord raise us up
Abundant life to live

Come Near - Tiago 5:13-16; 1:13-18, 21, 27; 4:7-10; 5:19-20
Words and Music by Gary Moyers & George Pendergrass
Lead: Hank Fenn

Is anyone of you in trouble?
He should pray
Is anyone of you happy?
Let him sing a song of praise
Is anyone of you hurting?
Call the elders in
Do whatever it takes to keep the world away
And your life free from sin

Chorus:
Come near to God and He will come near to you
Receive the Word which was planted in you
Cleanse your hands and purify your heart
God is gonna give you a brand new start
Come near to God and He will come near to you
To you, to you, to you

Don't be deceived, my brother
Every good gift comes from God
He does not shift like the shadows
He's my staff and my rod
You got to resist the devil
And he will flee far from view
In humility get down on your knees
The Lord will come straight to you

Chorus

Everyday there are people
Who wander far from the truth
Some you'd think should know better
Some in the prime of their youth
But if you can turn a sinner
From the err of this way
It's a way to save him, cover all his sin
Brother hear what I say

Chorus

Pure religion that has come from Father
Is to help widows and orphans in need
To keep oneself unspotted by problems
Is how we serve our Father indeed