Dear brothers and sisters,

This Sunday we will continue our study of James (1:19-27). James continues to show us what real faith is like. It affects how we process trials; it affects how we face temptation; but it also has an impact on how we hear, how we speak, and how we live. We are to have a faith-shaped life – that is to say, our faith should shape how we go about our daily lives. There is also in our passage a warning against self-deception – the worst sort of deception there can be. May God grant us grace to see ourselves as we really are and to respond to the truth James sets before us.

Prayer tonight will be at the Brown’s barn.

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Songs for Sunday are:

• How Sweet & Awesome is the Place
• How Firm a Foundation
• Trust & Obey
• Take My Life and Let it Be
• Be Thou My Vision

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Songs for Wednesday prayer mtg:

Love Lifted Me

I was sinking deep in sin,

Far from the peaceful shore,

Very deeply stained within,

Sinking to rise no more;

But the Master of the sea

Heard my despairing cry,

From the waters lifted me

Now safe am I.

Refrain

Love lifted me!  Love lifted me!

When nothing else could help,

Love lifted me!

All my heart to Him I give;

Ever to Him I’ll cling,

In His blessed presence live,

Ever His praises sing.

Love so mighty and so true

Merits my sou’s best songs;

Faithful, loving service, too,

To Him belongs.

[Refrain]

Souls in danger, look above;

Jesus completely saves;

He will lift you by His love

Out of the angry waves.

He’s the Master of the sea,

Billows His will obey;

He your Savior wants to be,

Be saved today.

[Refrain]

The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want

Scottish Psalter, 1650

The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want;

He makes me down to lie

In pastures green; He leadeth me

The quiet waters by.

My soul He doth restore again,

And me to walk doth make

Within the paths of righteousness,

E’en for His own name’s sake.

Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,

Yet will I fear no ill;

For Thou art with me, and Thy rod

And staff me comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnished

In presence of my foes;

My head Thou dost with oil anoint,

And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life

Shall surely follow me,

And in God’s house forevermore

My dwelling-place shall be.

You Are My Hiding Place

You are my hiding place

You always fill my heart

With songs of deliverance

Whenever I am afraid

I will trust in You

I will trust in You

Let the weak say

I am strong

In the strength of the Lord

A Shield About Me

Thou, O Lord, are a shield about me;

You’re my glory, You’re the lifter of my head.

Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! You’re the lifter of my head.

Seek Ye First

Seek ye first the kingdom of God

And His righteousness,

And all these things shall be added unto you

Allelu, alleluia!