Gloria,
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in excelsis Deo.
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Thank you Amy, Joshua, and
Michael for that beautiful music
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called, O Come,
O Come, Emmanuel.
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Emmanuel is a word that
is used in Hebrew to mean,
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God is with us.
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And don't we want God
to be with us and in us?
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Do you remember that
Jesus is part of the Godhead,
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yet He was
willing to come as a baby?
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He had the humblest of
beginnings, to be born in
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a stable intended for
animals and a manger for a bed;
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how Satan wanted
to prevent the birth
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of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Yet in Satan's heart grew
plans to prevent baby Jesus
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from being the
Savior of the world.
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How could someone want to
hurt this precious innocent Baby
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sleeping away in a manger?
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Sam, will you sing,
Away in a Manger, for us?
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Away in a manger,
no crib for a bed,
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the little Lord Jesus
lay down His sweet head.
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The stars in the sky
look down where He lay,
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the little Lord
Jesus asleep on the hay.
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The cattle are
lowing, the Baby awakes;
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the dawn of
salvation beginning to break.
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I worship You,
Jesus, a gift from above;
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the King of the
heavens forever with us.
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I'll worship You,
Jesus, for all of my days;
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the highest of
praises be unto Your name.
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I love Thee, Lord
Jesus, my King and my Friend;
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Yours is the
glory, forever amen.
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Yours is the
glory, forever amen.
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Yours is the
glory, forever amen.
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Amen.
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I like the verse in
this song that says,
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"Be near me, Lord Jesus.
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I ask Thee to stay
close by me forever,
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and love me, I pray.
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Bless all the dear
children in Thy tender care,
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and take us to heaven
to live with Thee there."
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Jesus wants to stay
close to you and bless you
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so that you can be
in heaven with Him.
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Jesus came to bring
peace into the world.
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And everything may have seemed
quiet and still for a time
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in that little town of Bethlehem
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that John Harley, Kenley,
and Nia will sing for us.
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O little town of Bethlehem,
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how still we see thee lie;
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above thy deep
and dreamless sleep
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the silent stars go by.
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Yet in thy dark streets shineth
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the everlasting light;
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the hopes and
fears of all the years
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are met in thee tonight.
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For Christ is born of Mary
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and gathered all above;
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while mortals
sleep, the angels keep
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their watch of wondering love.
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O morning stars together
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proclaim the holy birth,
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and praises sing to God the King
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and peace to man on earth.
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And peace to man on earth.
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O holy Child of Bethlehem,
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descend to us, we pray;
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cast out our sin and enter in,
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be born in us today.
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We hear the Christmas angels
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the great glad tidings tell;
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O come to us, abide with us,
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our Lord Immanuel.
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O come to us, abide
with us, our Lord Immanuel.
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Jesus wants to
live in your heart.
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Will you make room for
Jesus to live in your heart?
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Logan has a message that he
would like to share with us.
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What do you have for us, Logan?
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I'm sure that most of you have
either read or seen the movie,
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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If so, you'll
remember that everyone in
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Whoville loved
Christmas, except for one.
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And that is the Grinch.
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The Grinch hated Christmas,
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and he wanted to
spoil the joy for everybody.
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So one night he
decided to steal Christmas.
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One night he
dressed up as Santa Clause
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and went into the town
and stole their presents,
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their food, their
trees; and he stole Christmas.
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What a terrible thing to do.
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Do you know why
the Grinch did this?
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Well, according to the story,
his heart was way too small.
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He hated looking around and
seeing everyone enjoy Christmas
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and having
Christmas love and joy,
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and finding out that
he can't have that love
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and that joy on Christmas.
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He tried to do this to
Whoville, but as you know,
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it did not work.
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Because Whoville remembered
that Christmas isn't about the
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presents, the food,
the tree, the decorations,
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but it's about the heart and the
love that we have in our hearts.
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Although this story
is not a true story,
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but there is a true story.
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And how the Grinch stole
Christmas, this person stole the
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very first Christmas.
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And he was a king, and
his name was King Herod.
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After Jesus was born, the
Wiseman came from the east
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to Jerusalem.
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On the way, they
ran into King Herod.
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They told him about this Baby,
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and they were
wanting to worship Him
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so that He could become King.
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Immediately, King
Herod got jealous.
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He was mad.
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He was scared that
there was another king coming.
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And so he told the
Wiseman, to trick them,
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"I want you to go to
Jesus, and tell me where He is.
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And then I'll come
and worship Him too."
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The truth is, Herod
didn't want to meet Jesus.
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He wanted to kill Him.
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Why?
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Perhaps Herod's
heart was too small.
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And maybe he was selfish,
who was so selfish and jealous
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of Jesus that he was
scared that His popularity
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would take over him, and
that Jesus could even take over
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his kingdom.
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He was so afraid, that
he wanted to destroy Jesus,
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just like the Grinch
wanted to destroy Christmas.
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After all, King
Herod's plan did not work.
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An angel came to the Wiseman
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and he told them
about Herod's plan.
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So then they realized that
they couldn't go back to him.
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So they took
another route back home
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and they didn't
meet up with Herod.
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And then the angel
also went to Joseph,
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and he told him Herod's plan.
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And so, Joseph and his family
got up and they went to Egypt.
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And they waited for God
to tell them when it was
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safe to come back.
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This story is
found in the Bible.
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It is found in Matthew 2:13.
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It says, "After
the Wiseman were gone,
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an angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream.
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'Get up, and flee
to Egypt with the Child
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and His mother,' the angel said.
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'Stay there until
I tell you to return,
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because Herod is going to
try and kill your Child.'"
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And so we see that since
the very first Christmas,
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grinchs have been trying
to steal your Christmas joy.
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Maybe even grinchs today might
be stealing your Christmas joy.
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But remember,
that will never work
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unless your heart is too small.
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When Jesus is in our hearts,
we will want to share His love
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to everyone.
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This is Christmas.
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Thank you,
Logan, for your message.
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We do want to keep our
hearts big enough for the
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love of Jesus to shine through.
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Part of having a heart for
Jesus means that we share His
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love and message of
salvation with those around us.
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If we truly have the
love of Jesus in our hearts,
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we would equally
want to tell everyone.
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We would be
excited to study His Word
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and listen for His teachings.
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Perhaps we could ask
others, do you hear what I hear?
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Said the night
wind to the little lamb,
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"Do you see what I see?
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Way up in the sky, little lamb,
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Do you see what I see?
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A star, a star
dancing in the night
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with a tail as big as a kite,
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with a tail as big as a kite."
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Said the little
lamb to the shepherd boy,
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"Do you hear what I hear?
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Ringing through
the sky, shepherd boy,
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Do you hear what I hear?
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A song, a song
high above the trees
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with a voice as big as the sea,
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with a voice as big as the sea."
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Said the shepherd
boy to the mighty king,
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"Do you know what I know?
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In your palace
warm, mighty king,
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Do you know what I know?
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A Child, a Child
shivers in the cold.
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Let us bring
Him silver and gold,
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let us bring Him
silver and gold."
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Said the king to
the people everywhere,
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"Listen to what I say.
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Pray for peace,
people everywhere.
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Listen to what I say.
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A Child, a Child
sleeping in the night,
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He will bring us
goodness and light,
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He will bring us goodness
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and light.
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It's too bad that not
everyone who hears about Jesus
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feels the same way.
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Perhaps their hearts are
too small because of their
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selfishness, like
King Herod's heart was.
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Yet, that should never
discourage us from doing
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our part, like the
Wiseman who came bearing gifts.
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Amy, Michale, and Josh, will
you bring your gift of music
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by playing, We Three Kings?
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We often say there
were three of them,
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yet the Bible only says
that there were Wiseman.
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Perhaps there were more of them.
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They had studied the stars
and knew that they had to find
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the promised Messiah;
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looking for Him first in
the palace, only to realize
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this special Baby was
far from the palace walls.
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Have you found Jesus?
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Is there something
you can do to help others
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that shows you
have a heart for Jesus?
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What can you say to tell them
about the holy infant Jesus?
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Jesus was born for you,
so is your heart big enough?
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Infant holy, Infant lowly,
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for His bed a cattle stall.
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Oxen lowing, little knowing
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Christ the Babe is Lord of all.
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Swiftly winging, angels singing,
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noels ringing, tidings bringing.
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Christ the Babe is Lord of all.
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Christ the Babe is Lord of all.
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Flocks were
sleeping, shepherds keeping
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vigil till the morning dew
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saw the glory, heard the story,
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tidings of the gospel true.
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Thus rejoicing,
free from sorrow,
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praises voicing
greet the morrow.
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Christ the Babe
was born for you.
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Christ the Babe
was born for you.
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Thus rejoicing,
free from sorrow,
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praises voicing
greet the morrow.
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Christ the Babe
was born for you.
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Jesus was born for you.
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So is your heart big enough
to have the love of Jesus in it?
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It all started on
that first Christmas night.
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Noel.
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The first Noel
the angel did say,
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was to certain poor shepherds
in fields where they lay;
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in fields where they
lay keeping their sheep,
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on a cold winter's
night that was so deep.
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
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born is the King of Israel.
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
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born is the King of Israel.
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Noel.
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They looked up and saw a star
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shining in the
east, beyond them far.
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And to the earth
it gave great light;
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and so it
continued both day and night.
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
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born is the King of Israel.
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Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
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born is the King
born is the King,
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born is the King of Israel.
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Noel. Noel.
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Noel.
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Noel.
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Jesus is the
King of the universe,
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and yet loves you so much
that He was willing to come
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as a precious Baby so that
we could always be with Him.
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Do you love Jesus?
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Have you asked Him
to live in your heart?
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Maybe even today?
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I have, and it's the
best decision I ever made.
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I hope all of you
watching made that decision too.
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Jesus may have
been born in a stable,
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yet He wants to
live in your heart.
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He loves you so
much that He is preparing
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a beautiful home for us.
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I can't wait. Can you?
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Just keep your heart
big enough to have Jesus
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living in your
heart today and always.
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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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