Yea Be Yea
An animated Scripture worship song for older kids and teens about the small, mighty thing we carry every day — our word, from the album "Love Not This World." Let your yes be yes and your no be no (Matthew 5:37): we keep our word not by gritted teeth, but by the grace of the One who is Faithful and True.
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Yea Be Yea — Lyrics
Intro
Before You, Lord, I make my vow: my yes a yes, my no a no.
Verse 1
Lord, I said it like it cost me nothing — light words, a careless tongue, I made the promise at Dawnbreak and forgot it by the sun; I confess I've been a wind, my Father — loud, and quick, and cheap; make me swift to hear and slow to speak — let my words be few, and the kind I keep.
Pre-Chorus
So set a guard, O Lord, before these lips of mine; let me weigh it slow and mean it… let my small word stand in time.
Chorus
Make my yea be yea, and my nay be nay — let me keep my word, Lord, even when it costs to stay; no rash and reckless vow flung up to the sky — just an honest, steady tongue that I can stand behind and not deny. No man can keep his own tongue true — may it be what You do; yea be yea, no be no… guide me to hold to it, Lord.
Verse 2
Every idle word gets weighed, my Father — I have read it, and it's true; I could never balance that scale — there's no oath of mine will do; and if I pledged myself to wrong — a snare that grieves Your name, let me give my eyes no sleep, but flee the hunter's hand and chain.
Pre-Chorus
Don't let me bow to a pact I never should have made; lead me by Your Spirit, Lord… let the only "amen" be the kind You bade.
Chorus
Make my yea be yea, and my nay be nay — let me keep my word, Lord, even when it costs to stay; no idle, empty vow I'd be ashamed to own — just a plain and honest "yes" that I can carry to the throne. No man can keep his own tongue true — may it be what You do; yea be yea, no be no… guide me to hold to it, Lord.
Bridge
There is One whose Word is iron — that cannot break, the Faithful, the True, the Word made flesh, who never once said a thing He did not do; every promise that You ever made is Yes and Amen in the Son — and He swore it to His own hurt, all the way… to a cross, and it was done. Yes and Amen — in Him. Yes and Amen — in Him. So when my word falls down, I run to the throne of grace… where the kept word still rings out.
Final Chorus
So make my yea be yea, and my nay be nay — not by gritted teeth, but the grace He bought the day He kept the way; I can't be true alone, Lord — so be the Truth in me; yea be yea, no be no… 'cause the One who keeps His word kept me. Let Your Word abide in me, and grow the honest fruit I couldn't be — yea be yea, no be no… it's grace, and grace that's keeping me.
Outro
Make my yes a yes, and keep my word like Yours — I can't, but You can, and You always keep Your word. Yes — and Amen.
Bible verse · Little lesson
A verse to hide in your heart
“But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”
Little lesson for little hearts
Jesus said something so simple it can change how we live: "let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay" (Matthew 5:37). In other words, mean what you say — let your yes be a real yes and your no a real no, so you don't need to swear big oaths to be believed. The tongue is a little thing, but James says it sets a whole life on a course (James 3:2–8), and Jesus warns that "every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof" (Matthew 12:36). That's a weight none of us can carry alone, so we pray with the psalmist, "Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth" (Psalm 141:3) — make me swift to hear, slow to speak (James 1:19), my words few and the kind I keep. We don't keep our word by gritted teeth. We keep it because of the One whose Word is iron and cannot break: Jesus, "the Word… made flesh" (John 1:14), "Faithful and True" (Revelation 19:11), in whom "all the promises of God… are yea, and… Amen" (2 Corinthians 1:20). He even swore to His own hurt, all the way to a cross, and kept it. So when our word falls down — and it will — we don't hide or despair; we "come boldly unto the throne of grace" (Hebrews 4:16). Be honest. Keep your promises. And lean on the One who keeps His word, because He is the One who keeps you.
