All things were
made through Him,
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and without Him
nothing was made that was made.
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In Him was life,
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and the life was
the light of men.
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Celebrate this special season
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by worshipping
our Savior and King
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as we bring you
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"An Evening with John Stoddart."
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Angels we have heard on high
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Sweetly singing o'er the plains
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And the mountains in reply
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Echoing their joyous strains
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo!
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo!
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Come to Bethlehem and see
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Him Whose birth the angels sing
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Come, adore on bended knee
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Christ the
Lord, the newborn King
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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Glory, gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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Glory, gloria
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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Gloria,
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In excelsis Deo
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Glory, glory
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Gloria
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In excelsis Deo
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I'm singing glory
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Good evening and welcome.
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I'm so honored that you chose
to spend this time with me.
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Over the next few minutes
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we're gonna
just share some music
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that reminds us of the
power and the importance
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and just the beauty of Christmas
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and the story and the
gift and all those things
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that represent the
sacrifice that our Lord made
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and coming down
from glory to save us.
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Coming down not just as
a King but humbling Himself
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and making Himself
the lowest of the low
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so that no
matter how low you feel
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or you feel you're fallen
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you know that
Jesus can lift you up.
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And it's in that spirit
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that I would
like to share a song
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that I wrote a few
years back that just shares
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how that story has
impacted my own life,
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when I think about
how God rescued me.
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How He thought enough of
me to send love from a star.
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Colored lights and snowflakes
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Dancing in the wind
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It's another Christmas holiday
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About to begin
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Candy canes and presents
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Covers around the tree
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Where on top the
Silver Star shining
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Is all the world at peace
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It's my favorite time of year
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For reasons not so plain to see
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As long ago on Christmas Eve
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Lord was born for me
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Because You were in heaven
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I was on earth
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When I needed You here
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Send a baby so dear
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In a manger
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On the hay
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You sent me love from a star
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Christmas day
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The world is full of sadness
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So much pain and tragedy
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Still there
shines a star of hope
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Inside of you and me
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If we could just be blinded
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By what tears us all apart
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We could see beyond the outside
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And with
straight through the high
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For what Christmas means
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Is more than just
some tins all on a tree
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Long ago on Christmas Eve
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Love was born for me
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You were in heaven
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I was on earth Lord,
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When I needed You here
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You send a baby so dear
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In a manger on the hay
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You sent me love
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Oh, from a star Christmas day
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Oh, you were in heaven Lord
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I was on earth
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When I needed You here
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You send a baby so dear
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In a manger
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On the hay
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You sent me love from a star
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Christmas day
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You sent me love from a star
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Christmas day
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Christmas day
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What a beautiful promise,
what a beautiful thought
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that as far away as God was
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it wasn't too far
for Him to reach down
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to rescue you and to rescue me.
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What would've that
night must have been like.
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We read the stories
and little bit glamorized
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now I think we see
the Christmas decorations
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and we think about wise men
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and we see manger
scenes decorated beautifully.
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I've never been
in a manger before
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but I've been
around some farm animals.
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They don't know
they smell that great.
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What a humble God we serve
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that He would
endure indignities for us.
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What a night.
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My daughter when
she was eight-years-old
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she is an
aspiring musician as well
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and God gave her the
song and the funny story
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is when I heard it as
a songwriter I listened
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then I said, "Man,
that's a beautiful song.
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Where did you hear it?"
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And she said, "I
wrote this, daddy."
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And so it thought
may be she just forgotten
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where she heard it.
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And so I called friends of mine
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and I asked around
"If you heard the song?"
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I sent them copies.
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And sure enough
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this was the song that
was written by my daughter
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when she was eight years
old and it did helps us envision
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what that evening
must have been like.
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But right now, we
are going to look at it
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through the eyes
of an eight-year-old.
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It was on a night, what
must that night have been like.
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Nowhere, nowhere
it was on a night
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That boy turned into man
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It was foretold that he was king
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Was born in Bethlehem
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Was born in Bethlehem
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When He was born a precious babe
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Who shined so kind and bright
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Or how I wish that He was me
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Who held the child that night
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Who held the child that night
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When He grew up
so strong and true
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And tried to rescue men
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They disagreed and now proceed
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To destroy His perfect plan
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He ain't for
saint and sinner too
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He came for every soul
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So everybody try your best
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To understand His word
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To understand His word
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To understand His word
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It's fascinating
thinking about these stories
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from the eyes of a child.
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I like putting
myself in the story.
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I think about Mary and
what she must have felt
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like carrying that baby
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having a ride a
donkey all those miles.
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I think about Joseph
what he must have felt
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like a first time
father dubious circumstances.
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And but there is-- I think
there is something that happens
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in the heart of a dad
when you see that baby
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for the first
time and with all that
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what may have been going on
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in Joseph's mind
and in his heart.
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I can't help but imagine that
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when he saw that
baby for the first time
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that his heart began to melt.
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Not just because this
was the son he was to raise
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but this was
indeed the Son of God
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who had come to save him.
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I can only imagine that he
must have felt a tinge of joy
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and he just would have felt
his heart melt the first time
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the baby Jesus
wrapped His fingers
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around his small pinky.
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What must it had
been like I never knew.
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I never knew a miracle could be
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So precious and beautiful to me
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And You gave Your eyes
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And I see what I never knew
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And one of Your smiles
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Is worth more
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Than a sky full
of diamonds together
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Now I know what love is for
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I never knew
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So, so precious Jesus
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Because of all You do
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This gift You gave me
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I give it back to You
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I never knew
that one simple touch
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Of another hand to mine
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Can mean so much
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I never seen a miracle
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With such
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A wonderful mystery
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I never knew till there was You
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So, so precious Jesus
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Because of all You do
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This gift You
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You gave me
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I give it back to You
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I never knew
that one simple touch
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Of another hand to mine
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Can mean so much
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I never seen a miracle
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With such
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A wonderful mystery
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I never knew till there was You
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I never knew
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Till there was You
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Lord, till there was You
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Thank You, Lord.
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Well, all this talk of babies
and families is kind of got me
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thinking about what it
was like for me growing up.
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I loved to play the piano.
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I probably started
playing when I was--
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according to my
dad I couldn't been
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more than three
or four-years-old
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and I just took
to the instrument.
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It was just the gift
that God had given me.
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And I always loved to play
and Christmas was no exception.
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There are so many found
memories that I have of just
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that time growing up,
just a wonderful family
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that it was always
lots of music in the house.
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You might remember this song.
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You remember that one?
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"O Little Town of Bethlehem."
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Oh, man, I could go on and on.
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What about this one?
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Joy to the world
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The Lord has come
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Let earth receive her King
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Let every heart prepare Him room
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And heaven and nature sing
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And heaven and nature sing
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Let heaven, let heaven
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And nature, nature sing
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As growing that's
one of my favorites.
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Oh, this is an old one.
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There's a song in the air
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There's a star in the sky
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There's a mother's sweet prayer
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And a baby's low cry
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"There is a star in the air."
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These songs just bring
back such more memories for me.
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Oh, here's one that
I just remember we--
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in our house we
had particular records
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that only came
out at Christmas time.
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And this song was
probably my favorite record,
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Christmas record of
all time and it's a song
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that I still to this day I
love to pull out at Christmas
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because it just
reminds me of the spirit,
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of the time that we were in
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and it just takes
me back to my childhood
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and all the more
memories I had during that time.
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See if you recognize this song.
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Sing sweet and low a lullaby
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Till angels say Amen
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A mother tonight is rocking
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A cradle in Bethlehem
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While wise men
follow through the night
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A star that beckons them
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A mother tonight is rocking
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A cradle in Bethlehem
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A little child shall lead them
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The prophets said of old
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Through storm
and tempest heed them
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Until the bell is tolled
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Sing sweet and low your lullaby
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Till angels say Amen
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A mother tonight is rocking
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A cradle in Bethlehem
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A little child shall lead them
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The prophets said of old
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Through storm
and tempest heed them
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Until the bell is tolled
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Sing sweet and low your lullaby
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Till angels say Amen
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A mother tonight is rocking
00:28:41.12\00:28:47.72
A cradle in Bethlehem
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A mother tonight is rocking
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A cradle in Bethlehem
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Such fine
memories of growing up.
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Yeah, I grew up in Philadelphia
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and I'm looking at
all this snow around me
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and as much as I love
the snow at Christmas time
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and the idea of icicles
and point setters everywhere
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and the beautiful
landscapes you see.
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I have to admit
there is part of me,
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I think perhaps it's
the West Indian part of me.
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My dad is from Jamaica
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that whenever I
see the cold outside
00:30:17.81\00:30:21.02
it makes me want to find
something in someplace warm.
00:30:21.05\00:30:25.72
Got my tea here.
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.12
I know for everyone,
you don't live in a place
00:30:29.99\00:30:31.93
where you get snow at Christmas.
00:30:31.96\00:30:34.23
I remember being in
Barbados one year for Christmas
00:30:34.30\00:30:37.20
and it was a unique
experience but I have to say
00:30:37.23\00:30:41.30
there is something about for me
00:30:41.34\00:30:43.14
going back to my
roots in the Caribbean
00:30:43.17\00:30:46.04
that I just
always have to include
00:30:46.07\00:30:48.81
when I think about Christmas.
00:30:48.84\00:30:51.41
And so I would like to
sing a song for you now.
00:30:51.45\00:30:54.05
It's a song that
I'm sure you know
00:30:54.08\00:30:56.42
but I put my own
little twist on it.
00:30:56.45\00:30:58.69
It's sort of my way of adding
00:30:58.72\00:31:01.76
a little bit of warmth
to your Christmas season.
00:31:01.79\00:31:06.83
You will recognize
when we get to the part
00:31:06.90\00:31:09.50
where it feels like we
are back in the Caribbean.
00:31:09.53\00:31:12.17
I hope you enjoy this one.
00:31:12.20\00:31:13.54
O come, O come, Emmanuel
00:31:20.04\00:31:24.28
And ransom captive Israel
00:31:29.78\00:31:33.72
That mourns in lonely exile here
00:31:39.49\00:31:44.83
Until the Son of God appear
00:31:46.90\00:31:53.14
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:31:57.01\00:32:01.78
Emmanuel
00:32:01.82\00:32:06.39
Shall come to thee
00:32:06.42\00:32:09.02
O Israel
00:32:09.06\00:32:12.29
O Israel
00:32:16.30\00:32:18.57
O come, Emmanuel
00:32:21.27\00:32:26.07
O Come, Desire of nations bind
00:32:31.08\00:32:36.28
Of peoples in one heart and mind
00:32:40.82\00:32:46.26
Bid and be
strife and quarrel cease
00:32:50.60\00:32:57.97
Fill the whole
world with heaven's peace
00:32:58.01\00:33:04.65
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:33:07.82\00:33:12.75
Emmanuel
00:33:12.79\00:33:17.53
Shall come to thee
00:33:17.56\00:33:20.10
O Israel
00:33:20.13\00:33:24.70
This is our prayer, Lord.
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.31
Bid and be strife
00:33:32.34\00:33:34.68
And quarrel cease
00:33:34.71\00:33:39.35
Fill the whole world
00:33:39.38\00:33:42.35
With heaven's peace
00:33:42.38\00:33:46.59
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:33:49.26\00:33:54.30
Emmanuel
00:33:54.36\00:33:58.97
Shall come to thee
00:33:59.00\00:34:01.64
O Israel
00:34:01.67\00:34:04.11
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:34:04.14\00:34:09.01
Emmanuel
00:34:09.04\00:34:13.92
Shall come to thee
00:34:13.95\00:34:17.39
O Israel
00:34:17.42\00:34:18.75
Rejoice! Rejoice!
00:34:18.79\00:34:23.73
Emmanuel
00:34:23.76\00:34:28.53
Shall come to thee
00:34:28.56\00:34:31.03
O Israel
00:34:31.07\00:34:38.51
O Israel
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.92
O rejoice! O rejoice!
00:34:54.12\00:35:01.50
Emmanuel
00:35:01.53\00:35:04.67
Shall come to thee
00:35:07.64\00:35:12.67
O Israel
00:35:12.71\00:35:17.58
Shall come to thee
00:35:17.65\00:35:22.68
Lord, come to us
00:35:22.72\00:35:24.79
Lord, come to us
00:35:28.29\00:35:30.93
O Emmanuel
00:35:34.20\00:35:40.34
Please come to us
00:35:40.40\00:35:41.97
Dear Lord
00:35:42.00\00:35:45.47
Emmanuel
00:35:45.51\00:35:47.61
Please come to us
00:35:50.55\00:35:55.95
Lord, we need Your spirit
00:35:55.98\00:35:59.89
To wash all of Your people
00:35:59.92\00:36:04.79
Lord, we need You to
hear the broken heart
00:36:04.83\00:36:10.97
And set the captives free
00:36:11.00\00:36:13.94
We rejoice!
00:36:15.97\00:36:20.11
Rejoice!
00:36:20.18\00:36:23.85
Emmanuel
00:36:23.88\00:36:29.52
Shall come to thee
00:36:29.55\00:36:35.42
O Israel
00:36:35.46\00:36:42.93
Is that your prayer?
00:36:50.37\00:36:51.71
Let the Lord of heaven,
00:36:55.08\00:36:56.44
the Jesus of the manger
would come to you today.
00:37:00.75\00:37:05.82
There's a
dichotomy in the manger.
00:37:14.20\00:37:17.60
I confess it's one I
have troubled grasping often.
00:37:21.64\00:37:24.74
Because God is so big,
00:37:32.98\00:37:38.92
bigger than we can imagine
00:37:38.95\00:37:44.03
that when you
try to take a being
00:37:44.06\00:37:50.47
that is so big that
God can be everywhere
00:37:50.53\00:37:56.24
all at the same time.
00:37:56.27\00:37:57.71
That's pretty big.
00:37:57.74\00:38:00.51
He can be here in this studio
while we are making this music.
00:38:00.54\00:38:07.85
He could be on the other side
of the world in China or Japan
00:38:07.88\00:38:12.45
or in the Pacific or
in India or in Africa.
00:38:12.49\00:38:18.89
All at the same time so
that when I reach out for God
00:38:18.93\00:38:24.07
and I cry out to Him
and I say, Lord, I need You
00:38:24.10\00:38:29.30
that even where
You are right now.
00:38:29.34\00:38:31.94
If you are praying
that same prayer with me
00:38:31.97\00:38:35.18
that Jesus is near to you
where you are as He is to me.
00:38:35.21\00:38:42.62
That's a big God.
00:38:42.65\00:38:44.82
I'm grateful.
00:38:44.85\00:38:50.13
But it still leaves
us with this dichotomy
00:38:50.16\00:38:52.19
how can a God that big taken...
00:38:52.23\00:38:59.13
I don't know compress Himself
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.10
or I don't even
know the right word...
00:39:02.14\00:39:05.27
so that He can make
Himself reachable and touchable.
00:39:10.88\00:39:15.68
I believe He came so
that we could touch Him.
00:39:19.02\00:39:23.56
And He wasn't so far away
00:39:23.59\00:39:28.03
but He came closer
that we could touch Him.
00:39:28.06\00:39:31.60
O come let us adore Him
00:39:36.07\00:39:41.04
O come let us adore Him
00:39:43.98\00:39:50.79
O come let us adore Him
00:39:53.46\00:40:00.83
Christ the Lord
00:40:04.87\00:40:10.37
O Christ the Lord
00:40:15.18\00:40:17.91
He came so He could save us
00:40:21.88\00:40:27.72
He came so He could save us
00:40:30.03\00:40:37.73
He came so He could save us
00:40:39.83\00:40:47.24
He's Christ the Lord
00:40:50.38\00:40:55.08
For He alone is worthy
00:41:02.86\00:41:09.70
For He alone is worthy
00:41:11.80\00:41:19.37
For He alone is worthy
00:41:21.41\00:41:27.28
He is Christ the Lord
00:41:31.39\00:41:36.73
And He is worthy
of all our praises
00:41:36.79\00:41:43.06
He is Christ
00:41:43.10\00:41:46.57
O Jesus Christ
00:41:46.60\00:41:50.77
And He is worthy of our praise
00:41:50.84\00:41:53.91
He is worthy of our worship
00:41:53.94\00:41:57.28
Christ, He is Jesus Christ
00:41:57.31\00:42:04.62
Christ the Lord
00:42:04.65\00:42:06.55
Lord, we worship You today
00:42:06.59\00:42:10.23
Christ the Lord
00:42:10.26\00:42:16.63
When we have
these quiet moments...
00:43:00.08\00:43:01.58
we make room in our lives...
00:43:08.35\00:43:12.39
for the God of the universe.
00:43:15.49\00:43:16.83
And in these quiet moments
00:43:24.87\00:43:26.30
I believe we make room
amidst all the voices...
00:43:26.33\00:43:33.84
especially at
Christmas time we are caught up
00:43:37.15\00:43:41.02
in the gifts and the
presents and the decorating
00:43:41.05\00:43:44.59
and family dinners
and all wonderful things,
00:43:44.62\00:43:49.99
plus remember to save some room
00:43:55.30\00:44:02.87
in Christmas for Jesus.
00:44:04.41\00:44:06.31
Away in a manger
00:44:24.46\00:44:32.13
No crib for his bed
00:44:32.17\00:44:35.60
The little Lord Jesus
00:44:37.84\00:44:44.31
Laid down His sweet head
00:44:44.35\00:44:50.85
The stars in the bright sky
00:44:50.89\00:44:56.93
Looked down where He lay
00:44:56.99\00:45:01.00
The little Lord Jesus
00:45:03.47\00:45:09.64
Asleep on the hay
00:45:09.67\00:45:13.71
The cattle are lowing
00:45:24.72\00:45:30.33
The baby awakes
00:45:30.36\00:45:36.30
But little Lord Jesus
00:45:36.33\00:45:40.80
No crying He makes
00:45:40.84\00:45:46.21
I love thee, Lord Jesus
00:45:46.24\00:45:51.98
Look down from the sky
00:45:52.01\00:45:57.39
And stay by my cradle
00:45:57.45\00:46:02.66
Till morning is nigh
00:46:02.69\00:46:08.33
Is nigh
00:46:12.17\00:46:15.37
Be near me, Lord Jesus
00:46:35.42\00:46:41.50
I ask thee to stay
00:46:41.53\00:46:47.10
Close by me for ever
00:46:47.14\00:46:53.24
And love me
00:46:53.27\00:46:57.15
I pray
00:46:57.21\00:47:00.85
Bless all the dear children
00:47:00.88\00:47:07.22
In thy tender care
00:47:07.29\00:47:11.79
And fit us for heaven
00:47:15.56\00:47:23.07
To live with You there
00:47:23.10\00:47:31.01
I just cherish those moments.
00:48:14.19\00:48:18.63
I'm so glad I got
to share that with you
00:48:18.66\00:48:21.83
those moments where I feel
like it's just me and Jesus.
00:48:21.86\00:48:25.33
That's really what
this is all about, you know.
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.04
My grandmother was one of
my biggest musical influences.
00:48:38.05\00:48:43.25
She was a
musician-- she was many things.
00:48:43.28\00:48:46.86
She was a musician.
00:48:46.89\00:48:48.22
She played the organ, she was
about this tall, very feisty,
00:48:48.26\00:48:51.63
feisty lady and but she
could cook and she could sew
00:48:51.66\00:48:56.40
and she could,
she was a Bible worker
00:48:56.43\00:48:58.97
and she led the choir
and she played the organ.
00:48:59.00\00:49:01.57
And just you name it and that
she wasn't afraid of anything.
00:49:01.60\00:49:04.97
But I remember many,
many days growing up in church
00:49:08.41\00:49:14.68
sitting and watching her.
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.92
I remember when I first got
a chance to sit on that organ
00:49:16.95\00:49:19.75
I just was so
amazed to watch her
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.02
especially because
she was small of stature.
00:49:22.06\00:49:24.56
She had such command of
that instrument and I said,
00:49:24.59\00:49:27.46
"I want to do that one day."
00:49:27.50\00:49:29.06
And she would show me
little things here and there
00:49:29.10\00:49:31.33
and one of my favorite
memories was every week
00:49:31.37\00:49:35.87
at midweek prayer
service at our church
00:49:35.90\00:49:39.07
I would meet her there
and she would always have
00:49:39.11\00:49:42.98
a payday candy bar for me.
00:49:43.01\00:49:44.78
I don't know if you know
what a payday candy bar is
00:49:44.81\00:49:47.52
but its-- I don't even
remember what it taste like.
00:49:47.55\00:49:50.89
I just remember that every week
00:49:50.92\00:49:53.05
my grandmother would have
a payday candy bar for me.
00:49:53.09\00:49:55.46
And me shame to say it was
00:49:55.49\00:49:59.06
one of my
motivations at that time
00:49:59.09\00:50:00.70
for wanting to come to
midweek prayer service.
00:50:00.73\00:50:03.03
But I think somehow she knew
00:50:05.30\00:50:07.77
that any motivation
at that stage was good.
00:50:07.80\00:50:12.57
She just wanted me to be
there and I go to enjoy it
00:50:12.61\00:50:16.08
and to love it for
myself and now I go
00:50:16.11\00:50:19.18
not because I'm
getting a payday candy bar
00:50:19.21\00:50:23.22
but because I know I'm
able to meet Jesus there.
00:50:23.25\00:50:27.12
So I want to share a song
00:50:27.16\00:50:29.02
that just honors the
memory of my grandmother
00:50:29.06\00:50:32.33
and not just the musical
00:50:32.36\00:50:35.16
but the spiritual
impact that she had on my life.
00:50:35.20\00:50:39.03
And I like to
share this song with you
00:50:39.07\00:50:41.10
it's called "Only
On Christmas Day."
00:50:41.14\00:50:42.90
There in the
kitchen front of the stove
00:50:59.92\00:51:05.53
Grandma is cooking
00:51:05.56\00:51:08.33
She's got food on the clothes
00:51:08.36\00:51:11.47
I smell turkey in dressing
00:51:11.50\00:51:14.74
A favorite apple pie
00:51:14.77\00:51:17.37
And she sees at the moment
00:51:17.41\00:51:20.34
With a tear in her eye
00:51:20.38\00:51:23.71
And I feel her emotion
00:51:23.75\00:51:26.58
Because the meaning of Christmas
00:51:26.61\00:51:32.29
Shows what she was
00:51:32.32\00:51:35.16
Only on Christmas day
00:51:35.19\00:51:41.06
She found a star
to show her the way
00:51:41.10\00:51:46.67
To the cross and
the price that He paid
00:51:46.70\00:51:52.84
To give her this
hope on this Christmas day
00:51:52.87\00:51:59.11
Then for the first
time it all became clear
00:51:59.15\00:52:05.42
There was much more to this day
00:52:05.45\00:52:08.42
Than just snow and reindeer
00:52:08.46\00:52:11.29
More than the sleigh
bells the carols and gifts
00:52:11.33\00:52:17.23
Because He took our
sorrows for much more than this
00:52:17.27\00:52:23.51
And to mark the
beginning of my new life
00:52:23.57\00:52:27.78
Yes, it did I live for ever
00:52:27.81\00:52:32.31
Because He lead to die
00:52:32.35\00:52:35.55
Only on Christmas day
00:52:35.58\00:52:41.46
I found a star
to show me the way
00:52:41.49\00:52:46.66
To the cross and
the price that He paid
00:52:46.70\00:52:52.83
To give me this hope
on this Christmas day
00:52:52.87\00:52:59.24
Like, you can
take off a presents
00:52:59.27\00:53:02.18
That are beneath the tree
00:53:02.21\00:53:05.11
Just give me Jesus for eternity
00:53:05.15\00:53:10.72
Oh, thank You, Lord
00:53:19.66\00:53:20.96
Oh, thank You, Lord
00:53:26.50\00:53:28.60
Only on Christmas day
00:53:33.44\00:53:40.95
I found a star
to show me the way
00:53:40.98\00:53:46.62
To the cross and
the price that He paid
00:53:46.65\00:53:52.99
To give me this hope
on this Christmas day
00:53:53.03\00:53:59.60
I found a star
to show me the way
00:54:05.14\00:54:11.48
To give me this hope
00:54:17.59\00:54:20.39
I found a star
to show me the way
00:54:29.00\00:54:34.80
To the cross and the
price, price that He paid
00:54:34.84\00:54:42.01
To give me this hope
00:54:42.04\00:54:44.95
To give you this hope
00:54:48.92\00:54:51.29
Oh, yes, He did
00:54:51.32\00:54:55.52
To give us this hope
00:54:55.56\00:55:02.93
On this Christmas day
00:55:02.96\00:55:10.81
Thank you so much for
spending this time with me.
00:55:22.48\00:55:25.42
God bless you.
00:55:25.45\00:55:26.79