“Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht”
While they were there, the days
were completed for her to give birth.
Month: December 2024
“O Little Town of Bethlehem”
“But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you One will go forth for Me
to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
Journey to Bethlehem
Christ Jesus, who, although existing in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a slave, by being made in the likeness of men.
Read More“For Unto Us A Child Is Born…”
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
The mighty God, The everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace.
“E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come”
He who testifies to these things says,
“Yes, I am coming quickly.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
“While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks”
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night.
“…the angel Gabriel was sent from God”
…behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid
to take Mary as your wife.”
“The First Nowell”
…for today in the city of David
there has been born for you a Savior,
who is Christ the Lord.
“God and Sinners Reconciled!”
God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself,
not counting their trespasses against them,
and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
“Somewhere In Your Silent Night”
“God Himself will be among them, and He will
WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES;
and there will no longer be any death;
there will no longer be
any mourning, or crying, or pain.
The first things passed away.”
“Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendour”
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though He was rich,
yet for your sake He became poor,
so that you through His poverty might become rich.
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