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SS_12-24-2023 morning

Song Lyrics

Call to Worship

It shall come to pass in the latter days

that the mountain of the house of the LORD

shall be established as the highest of the mountains,

and shall be lifted up above the hills;

and all the nations shall flow to it,

and many peoples shall come, and say:

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob,

that he may teach us his ways

and that we may walk in his paths.”

For out of Zion shall go forth the teaching,

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

He shall judge between the nations,

and shall decide disputes for many peoples;

and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

neither shall they learn war anymore.

O house of Jacob,

come, let us walk

in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 2:2-5

 

Joy to the World!

Joy to the world!  The Lord is come

Let earth receive her King!

Let every heart prepare Him room,

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and nature sing,

And heav’n and heav’n and nature sing.

 

Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns;

Let men their songs employ;

While fields and floods

Rocks, hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

 

He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove

The glories of His righteousness,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders of His love,

And wonders, wonders of His love.

 

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
let nothing you dismay,
remember Christ our Savior
was born on Christmas Day
to save us all from Satan’s pow’r
when we were gone astray.

O tidings of comfort and joy,
comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.

From God our heav’nly Father
a blessed angel came
and unto certain shepherds
brought tidings of the same;
how that in Bethlehem was born
the Son of God by name.

Poor slaves of sin were all mankind

Until that blessed day

When Christ our Savior came to earth

To take our sins away.

He gave himself a sacrifice

That we might live again.

 

Now to the Lord sing praises
all you within this place,
and with true love and brotherhood
each other new embrace;
this holy tide of Christmas
the time of God’s new grace.

 

As with Gladness Men of Old

As with gladness men of old

Did the guiding star behold,

As with joy they hailed its light,

Leading onward, beaming bright;

So, most gracious Lord, may we

Evermore be led to Thee

 

As with joyful steps they sped,

To that lowly manger bed,

There to bend the knee before

Him whom heav’n and earth adore,

So may we with willing feet

Ever seek Thy mercy seat.

 

As their precious gifts they laid,

At Thy manger roughly made,

So may we with holy joy,

Pure, and free from sin’s alloy,

All our costliest treasures bring,

Christ, to Thee our heav’nly King.

 

Holy Jesus, ev’ry day

Keep us in the narrow way;

And, when earthly things are past,

Bring our ransomed souls at last

Where they need no star to guide,

Where no clouds Thy glory hide.

 

There forever may we sing

Alleluias to our King!

 

The First Noel

The first Noel, the angel did say

Was to certain poor shepherds

In fields as they lay

In fields where they

Lay keeping their sheep

On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

 

They looked up and saw a star

Shining in the east beyond them far,

And to the earth it gave great light

And so it continued both day and night

 

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Born is the King of Israel

 

Then let us all with one accord

Sing praises to our heav’nly Lord,

That hath made heaven and earth of naught

And with His blood mankind hath bought

 

The Gift of Gifts

O Source of all good,

 

What shall I render to thee for the gift of gifts,

thine own dear Son, begotten, not created,

my Redeemer, proxy, surety, substitute,

his self-emptying incomprehensible,

his infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp.

 

Herein is wonder of wonders:

he came below to raise me above,

was born like me that I might become like him.

Herein is love;

when I cannot rise to him he draws near on wings of grace,

to raise me to himself.

Herein is power;

when Deity and humanity were infinitely apart

he united them in indissoluble unity,

the created and the uncreated.

Herein is wisdom;

when I was undone, with no will to return to him,

and no intellect to devise recovery,

he came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost,

as man to die my death,

to shed satisfying blood on my behalf,

to work out a perfect righteousness for me.

 

O God, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds,

and enlarge my mind;

let me hear good tidings of great joy,

and hearing, believe, rejoice, praise, adore,

my conscience bathed in an ocean of repose,

my eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father;

place me with ox, ass, camel, goat,

to look with them upon my Redeemer’s face,

and in him account myself delivered from sin;

let me with Simeon clasp the new-born child to my heart,

embrace him with undying faith,

exulting that he is mine and I am his.

 

In him thou hast given me so much

that heaven can give no more.

 

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

Come behold the wondrous myst’ry

In the dawning of the King

He the theme of heaven’s praises

Robed in frail humanity

In our longing in our darkness

Now the light of life has come

Look to Christ who condescended

Took on flesh to ransom us

 

Come behold the wondrous myst’ry

He the perfect Son of Man

In His living in His suff’ring

Never trace nor stain of sin

See the true and better Adam

Come to save the hell-bound man

Christ the great and sure fulfillment

Of the law in Him we stand

 

Come behold the wondrous myst’ry

Christ the Lord upon the tree

In the stead of ruined sinners

Hangs the Lamb in victory

See the price of our redemption

See the Father’s plan unfold

Bringing many sons to glory

Grace unmeasured love untold

 

Come behold the wondrous myst’ry

Slain by death the God of life

But no grave could e’er restrain Him

Praise the Lord He is alive

What a foretaste of deliv’rance

How unwavering our hope

Christ in power resurrected

As we will be when He comes

 

Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Come Thou long expected Jesus

Born to set Thy people free;

From our fears and sins release us

Let us find our rest in Thee.

Israel’s strength and consolation,

Hope of all the earth Thou are;

Dear Desire of every nation,

Joy of every longing heart.

 

Born Thy people to deliver,

Born a Child, and yet a King,

Born to reign in us forever,

Now Thy gracious kingdom bring.

By Thine own eternal Spirit

Rule in all our hearts alone;

By Thine all sufficient merit,

Raise us to Thy glorious throne.

 

Jesus,  I do now receive Him

More than all in Him I find

He hath granted me forgiveness

I am His and He is mine.

Hallelujah what a savior

Hallelujah what a friend

Saving, helping keeping, loving

He is with me to the end

 

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go tell it on the mountain

Over the hills and everywhere

God tell it on the mountain

That Jesus Christ is born

 

While Shepherds kept their watching

O’er silent flocks by night

Behold, throughout the heavens

There shone a holy light

 

The shepherds feared and trembled

When, lo! above the earth

Rang out the angel chorus

That hailed our Savior’s birth

 

Down in a lowly manger

The humble Christ was born

And God sent us salvation

That blessed Christmas morn.

 

Blessing

The joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the perseverance of the Magi, the obedience of Joseph and Mary, and the peace of the Christ child be yours this Christmas.

And the blessing of God almighty, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you always. Amen

 

 

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