"And suddenly
there was with the angel
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a multitude of the heavenly host
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praising God,
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and saying 'Glory
to God in the highest,
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and on earth peace,
good will toward men.'"
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Celebrate this special season
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by worshiping
our Savior and King
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as we bring you
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An Evening With Geron
Davis and Kindred Souls.
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Silent night, holy night
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All is calm, all is bright
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Round yon virgin
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Mother and Child
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Holy Infant
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So tender and mild
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Sleep in heavenly
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Peace
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Sleep in heavenly
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Peace
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Silent night, holy night
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Shepherds quake
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At the sight
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Glories streaming
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From heaven afar
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Heavenly hosts sing
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Hallelujah
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Christ The Savior
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Is born
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Silent night, holy night
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All is calm, all is bright
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Round yon virgin
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Mother and Child
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Holy Infant
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So tender and mild
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Sleep in heavenly
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Peace
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Sleep in heavenly
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Peace
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Sleep in heavenly
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Peace
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Silent night Silent night
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It was a holy night
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Holy night
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Silent night,
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what an awesome
song that has been,
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a part of Christmas celebrations
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for all of my life
and a whole lot of years
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before my life.
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You know, one thing that happens
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in December that
is just wonderful,
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it never happens any
other time of the year.
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In December, it
starts December the first
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and it ends on the
last day of December,
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but in the month of
December, everybody can sing.
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You may be tone-deaf
January through November,
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but in December, you
have a license to sing.
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And I love the fact
that Christmas comes
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with its own set of music,
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and a lot of you have already
started playing that music.
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And we want you just
to join and sing with us.
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Come on, lift up your voice
and let's sing together now.
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Joy to the
world The Lord is 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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And heaven and
heaven and nature sing
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All together now
in the last rows,
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He rules the world.
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He rules the world
With truth and grace
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With truth and grace
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders,
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Wonders of His love
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Away in a manger
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No crib for a bed
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Sing along.
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The little Lord Jesus
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Lay down His sweet head
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The stars in the sky
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Look down where He lay
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The little Lord Jesus
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Asleep on the hay
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Last line.
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The little Lord Jesus
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Asleep on
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The hay
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The amazing thing
about the Christmas story is
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He came to us.
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When we could never
get to Him, He came down.
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He could have
caught a thousand angels
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To surround Himself with praise
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He could have chosen
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Not to leave His throne on high
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He could have
pointed to His miracles
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As evidence of grace
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Or let His own creation
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Testify
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But that's not the God He is
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And that's not the God He was
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To love us from a distance
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Just wasn't good enough
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So He came down
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He came down
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The holy light of heaven
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Wrapped in swaddling clothes
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He came down
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He came down
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For console of the world
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That He wanted us to know
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So He came down
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He could have calm and rose
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A splendor instead
of swaddling clothes
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He could have said how much
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He loved us with just words
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He could have
offered up a sacrifice
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That's less than what He chose
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And gave us only
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What our sin deserve
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But that's not the God He is
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No, that's not the God He was
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To love us from a distance
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Just wasn't good enough
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He came down
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He came down
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The holy light of heaven
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Wrapped in swaddling clothes
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He came down
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He came down
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For God so loved the world
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That He wanted us to know
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He knew He had to make a way
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A price that only He could pay
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So that we could
have Eternal life one day
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He came down
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He came down
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He was a holy light of heaven
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Wrapped in swaddling clothes
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He came down
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Yes, He did
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For God so loved the world
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That He wanted us to know
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He came down
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He came down He came down
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He came down
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For God so loved the world
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That He wanted us to know
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So He came down
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He came down
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Ever since the
very first Christmas
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when the wise men brought gifts
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to the new born Savior,
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people have been seeking ways
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to bring their
very best to Jesus.
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A song writer
many, many years ago,
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wrote a song that has
become a Christmas classic
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called The Little Drummer Boy.
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It's about a little boy
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who had no gift to
bring to the Christ Child.
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All he had was his drum
and the ability to play it.
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And as he goes
on to tell the story
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that when you
bring Jesus your best
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and all you had to give
Him, it's always enough.
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Listen to this story
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as we re-sing a song that
we've done many, many times
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through the years.
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I know you've heard it
before A Little Drummer Boy.
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Come, they told me
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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A new born King to see
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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Our finest gifts we bring
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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To lay before the King
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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Rum pum pum pum Rum pum pum pum
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So to honor Him
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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When we come
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Little baby
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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I am a poor boy too
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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I have no gift to bring
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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That's fit to give our King
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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Rum pum pum pum
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Rum pum pum pum
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Shall I play for You
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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On my drum
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Mary nodded
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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The ox and lamb kept time
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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I played my drum for Him
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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I played my best for Him
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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Rum pum pum pum
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Rum pum pum pum
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Then He smiled at me
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Pa rum pum pum pum
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Me and my drum
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Me and my drum
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Me and my drum
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It seems like every
year at Christmas time,
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when the whole
world is celebrating,
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somehow there always
seems to be a tragedy,
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something that
happens maybe in our community
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or maybe on the news
that happens around the world.
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Everybody talks about it.
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But it seems like in the
midst of celebration sometimes,
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the most sad things can happen.
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I'll never forget
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when we were in
Seattle, Washington,
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and it came on the
news on the Friday night
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that a tragedy had happened.
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And in elementary
school called Sandy Hook
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upon the East Coast,
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and as the
events began to unfold
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and all of the
story came to light,
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it was just tragic.
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On Saturday
morning, the next day,
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all the news
outlets were covering it.
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And I'll never forget
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we were getting ready
to go to a choir rehearsal
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to get ready for the
Christmas event on Sunday.
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And one of the
anchors on the news said,
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"It's so sad
that people are trying
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to get their head
around the fact that
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a parent isn't coming home
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or a child won't be
coming home anymore,
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gifts that are
already under the tree
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won't be opened this year."
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And then they made
a statement and said,
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"It's so sad, especially
here, at Christmas time."
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Well, my first thought was,
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if you're the parent
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or you're a family
member, it doesn't matter
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if it's December or
June or July or February,
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it's tragic, it's painful.
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And then in that same moment,
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there came an awareness to
me about Emmanuel, God with us.
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I'm so glad it's
not just for a season.
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I'm glad that it's
not just for a month
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or a certain
particular time of the year.
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But Emmanuel, God with us,
is 365 days out of the year,
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7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
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The good news is we
have help, we have hope,
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we have Jesus every
single day that we live.
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And I walk to the
piano where we were staying,
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and I sat down and
started writing this song,
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and it just simply says,
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we need Emmanuel
every single day,
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we need Christmas.
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I don't care what
you're going through,
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I hope this will
speak to your heart
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and be an encouragement to you
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that He will never
leave nor forsake you.
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He is always Emmanuel.
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Our hearts are
filled with so much fear
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Lord, we really need you here
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Come and free us
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The questions
cut us like a knife
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Please come and
take our sin and strive
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Bring us Christmas
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We need your star
to shine so bright
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To come and chase away the night
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Oh, Lord Jesus
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Come change
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Come change, come
change me right away
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Emmanuel with us today
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We need you, Jesus
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We need Christmas
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Just like the
world that you came to
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Because of sin we still need you
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Come and help us
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Come bring the
world Your hope and peace
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Bring to our heart's nativity
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Bring us
Christmas Bring us Christmas
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We need Your star
to shine so bright
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To come and chase away the night
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Oh, Lord Jesus
Come take our pain
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Come take our pain and hurt away
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Emmanuel with us today
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We need you, Jesus
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We need you, Jesus
00:20:17.91\00:20:21.18
We need Your star
to shine so bright
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To come and chase away the night
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Oh, Lord Jesus
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Jesus, come take
our pain and hurt away
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Emmanuel with us today
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Emmanuel We need you, Jesus
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We need you, Jesus
00:20:48.41\00:20:52.21
Come take our pain and hurt away
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Emmanuel with us today
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We need you, Jesus
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Yes, we do
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We need
Christmas We need Christmas
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We need you, Jesus Oh, Jesus
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We need Christmas
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Yes, we do We need you, Jesus
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Every day We need Christmas
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Take our pain and hurt away
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We need you, Jesus
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You know, I love
stories at Christmas time,
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stories about past Christmases,
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and hearing our family
tell stories about things
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that they
experience when they were kids
00:21:52.07\00:21:53.84
and hearing about
Christmases in other places.
00:21:53.88\00:21:56.75
I'll never
forget hearing a story
00:21:56.78\00:21:59.61
that took place
during one of the World Wars.
00:21:59.65\00:22:03.82
It so happened
00:22:03.85\00:22:05.85
that both sides
00:22:05.89\00:22:07.26
had decided to call a cease fire
00:22:07.29\00:22:09.76
from midnight on Christmas Eve
00:22:09.79\00:22:13.63
until all through Christmas day
00:22:13.66\00:22:16.43
and then starting back
on the day after Christmas.
00:22:16.46\00:22:20.80
On Christmas morning,
the American soldiers woke up
00:22:20.84\00:22:24.24
and they enjoyed a
meal provided by Uncle Sam.
00:22:24.27\00:22:29.48
And after lunch,
00:22:29.51\00:22:32.11
some of the soldiers
got out on to the field
00:22:32.15\00:22:35.02
for they have been
fighting the day before.
00:22:35.05\00:22:37.35
And one of them had a football,
00:22:37.39\00:22:38.72
and they began to
throw the football.
00:22:38.75\00:22:41.29
And it was just a matter of time
00:22:41.32\00:22:44.63
that on the other
side from the enemy camp,
00:22:44.66\00:22:49.30
some faces started appearing
00:22:49.33\00:22:50.90
and watching
with great interest.
00:22:50.93\00:22:52.83
On impulse, one of
the American soldiers
00:22:52.87\00:22:55.97
tossed the football.
00:22:56.00\00:22:58.24
The guy caught it,
surprise look on his face,
00:22:58.27\00:23:01.98
the American
soldier beckoned him out.
00:23:02.01\00:23:05.01
Some of the guys made their way
00:23:05.05\00:23:06.48
from the enemy camp
out on to the field.
00:23:06.51\00:23:09.95
And in a matter of minutes,
00:23:09.98\00:23:12.19
on the field that they had
been fighting on the day before,
00:23:12.22\00:23:16.32
soldiers from both
sides of the battle
00:23:16.36\00:23:19.16
were playing a game of football.
00:23:19.19\00:23:20.90
At the end of the day,
when the sun began to go down,
00:23:20.93\00:23:24.77
they all went back to
their respective camps,
00:23:24.80\00:23:26.90
and the following day,
the fighting would resume.
00:23:26.94\00:23:31.24
But for a moment,
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.17
there had been peace on earth
00:23:33.21\00:23:36.58
because it was Christmas time.
00:23:36.61\00:23:39.21
See the bright lights twinkle
00:23:54.43\00:24:01.47
Feel the door and window
00:24:01.50\00:24:08.78
See the kids' eyes sparkle
00:24:08.81\00:24:16.02
As they wish for snow
00:24:16.05\00:24:23.02
Kids on bed speak ardour
00:24:27.03\00:24:34.20
Never pound or whine
00:24:34.24\00:24:41.38
Magic feels December
00:24:41.41\00:24:49.12
When it's Christmas time
00:24:49.15\00:24:56.62
It's a special feeling
00:24:56.66\00:25:03.26
In the world
00:25:03.30\00:25:06.13
Tonight
00:25:06.17\00:25:13.11
Peace on earth
00:25:13.14\00:25:16.18
For a moment
00:25:16.21\00:25:21.05
When it's Christmas
00:25:21.08\00:25:26.15
Time
00:25:26.19\00:25:31.96
Grandmas make their goodies
00:25:31.99\00:25:39.77
Houses fill with joy
00:25:39.80\00:25:47.11
And to think that it's started
00:25:47.14\00:25:54.88
With a baby boy
00:25:54.92\00:26:02.72
And it's special feeling
00:26:02.76\00:26:10.30
In the world
00:26:10.33\00:26:13.03
Tonight
00:26:13.07\00:26:20.01
Peace on earth for a moment
00:26:20.04\00:26:27.58
When it's Christmas time
00:26:27.62\00:26:35.49
Peace on earth
00:26:35.52\00:26:39.63
For a moment
00:26:39.66\00:26:43.93
When it's Christmas
00:26:43.97\00:26:51.47
Time
00:26:51.51\00:26:59.18
Christmas time
00:26:59.21\00:27:06.96
That's one of my favorite songs.
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.26
I love that song.
00:27:15.30\00:27:17.70
I love to write songs
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.07
that have that
tight four-part harmony.
00:27:19.10\00:27:23.67
Our family always
sang and so I love anything
00:27:23.71\00:27:27.78
with harmony.
00:27:27.81\00:27:29.64
And this is a song I
wrote a number of years ago.
00:27:29.68\00:27:32.75
And I always look,
we have a track on it
00:27:32.78\00:27:35.68
that has a big orchestra
00:27:35.72\00:27:38.65
and all the instrumentation,
00:27:38.69\00:27:40.72
but I love the sound of voices
00:27:40.76\00:27:43.76
harmonizing just
around the piano,
00:27:43.79\00:27:45.76
and this is one of my favorites,
00:27:45.79\00:27:48.80
and I want Shelton and
Allison to sing the verses.
00:27:48.83\00:27:52.07
It's a very simple chorus.
00:27:52.10\00:27:55.17
And it just simply
says Jesus be born in me
00:27:55.20\00:27:57.84
and make my life
what it should be.
00:27:57.87\00:28:00.54
Jesus be born in me.
00:28:00.58\00:28:01.91
As we sing it, I'd love for you
00:28:01.94\00:28:03.28
to just to join in
and sing along with us,
00:28:03.31\00:28:06.41
not just as a lyric
00:28:06.45\00:28:07.78
but let it become
the prayer of your heart.
00:28:07.82\00:28:10.45
Don't let Him come
to your house and hear,
00:28:10.49\00:28:12.12
"No room."
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.72
Let Him find a place
to be born in your life.
00:28:13.76\00:28:17.56
So far away
00:28:17.59\00:28:22.63
And long ago
00:28:22.66\00:28:28.40
You gave yourself
00:28:28.44\00:28:33.58
To earth below
00:28:33.61\00:28:39.95
Now in return
00:28:39.98\00:28:44.89
My love to show
00:28:44.92\00:28:51.59
Jesus, be born
00:28:51.63\00:28:56.80
In me
00:28:56.83\00:29:03.27
Jesus, be born
00:29:03.30\00:29:08.54
In me
00:29:08.58\00:29:14.88
Jesus, be born
00:29:14.92\00:29:20.12
In me
00:29:20.16\00:29:26.90
And make my life
00:29:26.93\00:29:32.03
What it should be
00:29:32.07\00:29:38.14
Jesus, be born
00:29:38.17\00:29:43.14
In me
00:29:43.18\00:29:49.32
Something of Christ
00:29:49.35\00:29:54.82
At Bethlehem
00:29:54.86\00:30:00.66
And that's where
00:30:00.70\00:30:03.67
The story ends
00:30:03.70\00:30:09.20
For them
00:30:09.24\00:30:12.44
But I wish
00:30:12.47\00:30:15.21
That all world
00:30:15.24\00:30:18.75
Say to Him
00:30:18.78\00:30:24.42
Jesus, be born
00:30:24.45\00:30:29.76
In me
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.89
Come on, let's say
that to Him right now.
00:30:31.93\00:30:34.16
Jesus, be born
00:30:34.20\00:30:35.66
Jesus, be born
00:30:35.70\00:30:41.04
In me
00:30:41.07\00:30:47.11
Jesus, be born
00:30:47.14\00:30:52.31
In me
00:30:52.35\00:30:58.65
And make my life
00:30:58.69\00:31:03.79
What it should be
00:31:03.83\00:31:10.37
Jesus, be born
00:31:10.40\00:31:15.17
In me
00:31:15.20\00:31:22.21
Jesus, be born
00:31:22.24\00:31:28.55
In me
00:31:28.58\00:31:35.26
That's a cry of my heart.
00:31:35.29\00:31:36.83
I hope it's the
cry of your heart.
00:31:36.86\00:31:38.96
I am part of a big family.
00:31:38.99\00:31:40.60
I am the oldest of four kids.
00:31:40.63\00:31:43.00
My mom and dad were
pastors the day I was born.
00:31:43.03\00:31:46.60
And so all I knew was growing up
00:31:46.63\00:31:48.90
in a pastor's home.
00:31:48.94\00:31:50.61
I firmly believe if
God let you be born first,
00:31:50.64\00:31:53.44
He intended you to be the boss.
00:31:53.48\00:31:54.81
So that's a ministry
00:31:54.84\00:31:57.21
I cultivated at a very early age
00:31:57.25\00:31:59.38
over three younger siblings.
00:31:59.41\00:32:01.88
And one of them singing with me,
00:32:01.92\00:32:03.89
my little sister Allison.
00:32:03.92\00:32:06.19
We're all four kids are married,
00:32:06.22\00:32:07.99
we all have kids.
00:32:08.02\00:32:09.36
And so Becky and I
have been married 36 years,
00:32:09.39\00:32:13.29
and Shelton and Allison
have been married 29 years.
00:32:13.33\00:32:16.20
And when we get
together at Mom's house,
00:32:16.23\00:32:20.10
some play bass,
some play guitar,
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.80
some play drums,
everybody gets on
00:32:21.84\00:32:23.51
a different instrument
00:32:23.54\00:32:24.87
and we start singing
and we can make a record.
00:32:24.91\00:32:27.98
It's always lots of
music and lots of food.
00:32:28.01\00:32:31.88
But one of the things
growing up in a Christian home,
00:32:31.91\00:32:35.28
in a pastor's
home, one of the things
00:32:35.32\00:32:36.95
that was always such a
big part of our Christmas
00:32:36.99\00:32:40.22
is Christmas worship.
00:32:40.26\00:32:42.22
We would get together and
sing and have a good time,
00:32:42.26\00:32:46.06
but it always turn to worship.
00:32:46.09\00:32:48.26
We would always go
to Christmas service,
00:32:48.30\00:32:50.50
we would always enjoy
the presence of the Lord
00:32:50.53\00:32:53.30
and be reminded
00:32:53.34\00:32:54.84
that He not only came
to a manger in Bethlehem
00:32:54.87\00:32:57.94
but He still
comes to where we are
00:32:57.97\00:33:00.58
and graces us with His presence.
00:33:00.61\00:33:03.08
And so I would just love
00:33:03.11\00:33:04.61
this part of our
Christmas celebration tonight.
00:33:04.65\00:33:07.55
I would love for us
00:33:07.58\00:33:08.92
just to have a
little time of worship
00:33:08.95\00:33:12.19
and sing about the one who came.
00:33:12.22\00:33:16.02
We're in the presence
00:33:16.06\00:33:23.80
The presence of Jehovah
00:33:23.83\00:33:31.71
God almighty.
00:33:31.74\00:33:33.27
God almighty
00:33:33.31\00:33:39.88
Prince of peace.
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.58
Prince of peace
00:33:41.62\00:33:48.92
Troubles vanish
00:33:48.96\00:33:55.76
And broken hearts
00:33:55.80\00:33:58.93
Are mended
00:33:58.97\00:34:04.37
When we're
00:34:04.41\00:34:05.97
In the presence
00:34:06.01\00:34:13.38
Of the King Troubles vanish
00:34:13.42\00:34:21.16
Troubles vanish
00:34:21.19\00:34:28.96
Broken hearts are mended
00:34:29.00\00:34:36.60
When we're
00:34:36.64\00:34:38.04
In the presence
00:34:38.07\00:34:45.98
Of the King
00:34:46.01\00:34:50.15
That's where
you'll find your answer
00:34:50.19\00:34:54.32
In the presence
00:34:54.36\00:34:59.69
In the presence
00:34:59.73\00:35:02.66
Of the King
00:35:02.70\00:35:10.61
We've come
00:35:16.14\00:35:21.55
To worship
00:35:21.58\00:35:24.99
Oh, we've come
00:35:25.02\00:35:32.79
To worship
00:35:32.83\00:35:39.03
We've come
00:35:39.07\00:35:44.07
To worship
00:35:44.11\00:35:49.54
All glory belongs
00:35:49.58\00:35:55.22
To Him
00:35:55.25\00:36:00.96
I don't care what
you're going through
00:36:00.99\00:36:02.36
right now.
00:36:02.39\00:36:04.16
A lot of times, they say,
00:36:04.19\00:36:06.66
there are more depressed
people in the month of Christmas
00:36:06.70\00:36:11.77
than any other time of year,
00:36:11.80\00:36:14.50
but I'm here to tell you
when you begin to lift Him up
00:36:14.54\00:36:18.04
right in the
middle of your situation
00:36:18.07\00:36:20.38
that may not be the best,
00:36:20.41\00:36:22.71
it may not look like
everything's going great,
00:36:22.74\00:36:26.18
but He will come
and be Emmanuel to you.
00:36:26.21\00:36:30.65
So I want you to
sing this with us
00:36:30.69\00:36:32.89
and just to
begin to worship Him,
00:36:32.92\00:36:35.52
not because
necessarily of where you are
00:36:35.56\00:36:38.66
but just because of
who He is for He's worthy.
00:36:38.69\00:36:41.96
Let's sing it together
again, we've come to worship.
00:36:42.00\00:36:45.53
Let His presence surround you.
00:36:45.57\00:36:47.40
We've come
00:36:47.44\00:36:52.17
To worship
00:36:52.21\00:36:55.58
O we've come
00:36:55.61\00:37:03.02
To worship
00:37:03.05\00:37:09.09
We've come
00:37:09.12\00:37:13.90
To worship
00:37:13.93\00:37:18.80
All glory belongs
00:37:18.83\00:37:24.67
To Him
00:37:24.71\00:37:30.55
We sing worthy
00:37:30.58\00:37:35.08
We sing worthy
00:37:35.12\00:37:39.85
We sing worthy to the Lord
00:37:39.89\00:37:45.39
Come on, sing this
with us, we sing worthy.
00:37:45.43\00:37:48.13
We sing worthy
00:37:48.16\00:37:52.20
We sing worthy
00:37:52.23\00:37:56.54
We sing worthy to the Lord
00:37:56.57\00:38:02.84
Praise and glory
00:38:02.88\00:38:05.18
Praise and
glory Praise and glory
00:38:05.21\00:38:10.19
Praise and glory
00:38:13.15\00:38:15.86
To the Lord
00:38:15.89\00:38:22.10
Praise and
glory Praise and glory
00:38:22.13\00:38:29.80
We give praise
and glory to the Lord
00:38:29.84\00:38:35.44
We sing worthy
00:38:35.48\00:38:39.25
We sing worthy to the Lord
00:38:39.28\00:38:45.22
One more time.
00:38:45.25\00:38:46.59
We sing worthy We sing worthy
00:38:46.62\00:38:51.39
To the Lord
00:38:51.43\00:38:59.10
For He alone
00:39:02.70\00:39:06.98
Is worthy
00:39:07.01\00:39:11.38
For He alone
00:39:11.41\00:39:16.05
Is worthy
00:39:16.08\00:39:20.26
For He alone
00:39:20.29\00:39:24.33
Is worthy
00:39:24.36\00:39:29.20
Christ the Lord
00:39:29.23\00:39:34.54
O come, let us adore Him.
00:39:34.57\00:39:36.24
O come
00:39:36.27\00:39:38.24
Let us adore Him
00:39:38.27\00:39:44.41
O come, let us adore him
00:39:44.45\00:39:52.39
O come,
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.46
Let us adore Him
00:39:54.49\00:40:01.86
Christ the Lord
00:40:01.90\00:40:06.84
We give You all the glory.
00:40:06.87\00:40:08.64
We give You
00:40:08.67\00:40:11.77
All the glory
00:40:11.81\00:40:16.98
We give you
00:40:17.01\00:40:19.98
All the glory
00:40:20.02\00:40:24.82
We give you
00:40:24.85\00:40:28.02
All the glory
00:40:28.06\00:40:34.43
Christ
00:40:34.46\00:40:39.90
The Lord
00:40:39.93\00:40:46.27
What you feel right
now where you're sitting
00:40:49.28\00:40:52.48
is the presence of the very one
00:40:52.51\00:40:56.22
who was born
over 2,000 years ago
00:40:56.25\00:40:58.45
and wrapped in swaddling clothes
00:40:58.49\00:41:00.59
and they laid Him in a manger.
00:41:00.62\00:41:03.12
He's not a baby anymore,
00:41:03.16\00:41:05.79
He's not the same Jesus
that walked the seashore,
00:41:05.83\00:41:10.47
He's not the same
Jesus that did the miracles,
00:41:10.50\00:41:12.80
He's not the same
Jesus that hung on a cross
00:41:12.83\00:41:15.94
and was laid into a
tomb because that Jesus
00:41:15.97\00:41:23.65
then walked out
of a tomb, and now
00:41:23.68\00:41:26.28
He's a Resurrected, Risen Savior
00:41:26.31\00:41:28.72
that can give life
everlasting to each of you.
00:41:28.75\00:41:33.42
And wherever you
are, because of Jesus,
00:41:33.46\00:41:38.23
we now experience,
we've talked about it
00:41:38.26\00:41:40.60
through this program
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.56
about the fact
that He is Emmanuel.
00:41:42.60\00:41:44.60
Still today, He is
Emmanuel, God with us.
00:41:44.63\00:41:49.64
And wherever you are,
whatever you're going through,
00:41:49.67\00:41:53.74
you may be by
yourself on the job,
00:41:53.78\00:41:55.51
you may be driving
down the road in your car,
00:41:55.54\00:41:57.95
you may be in a hotel room,
00:41:57.98\00:42:02.62
but wherever you are,
00:42:02.65\00:42:03.99
when you invite His presence in,
00:42:04.02\00:42:06.19
you just begin to worship Him.
00:42:06.22\00:42:08.62
He comes and changes
that very atmosphere.
00:42:08.66\00:42:13.33
Even if you're by yourself,
you don't have to necessarily
00:42:13.36\00:42:16.83
be in a church building,
His presence goes everywhere.
00:42:16.87\00:42:21.57
And He will change
that place to holy ground.
00:42:21.60\00:42:26.64
When I was just 18 years old,
00:42:26.68\00:42:29.58
I wrote a song
one Saturday night
00:42:29.61\00:42:31.45
for a service
00:42:31.48\00:42:32.91
that we were
having in my dad's church,
00:42:32.95\00:42:35.25
a new building we had built.
00:42:35.28\00:42:37.89
And I want us to sing it now.
00:42:37.92\00:42:40.26
We're standing on holy ground.
00:42:40.29\00:42:43.22
But as we sing it in
the spirit of Christmas,
00:42:43.26\00:42:47.10
I want you to think of this song
00:42:47.13\00:42:48.56
maybe in a way you've
never thought of it before
00:42:48.60\00:42:51.13
if you've heard this song.
00:42:51.17\00:42:53.10
And I want you to
think of it as the fact
00:42:53.13\00:42:55.67
that He is Emmanuel.
00:42:55.70\00:42:57.61
And right now, no matter
what you're going through,
00:42:57.64\00:43:00.78
He is there to turn your room,
your car, wherever it may be,
00:43:00.81\00:43:07.08
into a holy and hallowed
place with His presence.
00:43:07.12\00:43:11.79
We are on holy ground.
00:43:11.82\00:43:14.42
When I walked
00:43:40.32\00:43:46.55
Through the doors
00:43:46.59\00:43:50.89
I sensed His presence
00:43:50.93\00:43:58.80
And I knew
00:43:58.83\00:44:03.64
This was a place
00:44:03.67\00:44:08.34
Where love abounds
00:44:08.38\00:44:16.32
For this is a temple
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Jehovah God
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Abides here
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Yes, He does
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And we are standing
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In His presence
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On holy ground
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We are
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Standing
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On holy ground
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Holy ground
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Yes And I know
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There are angels
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All over us All over us
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And us
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Praising
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Jesus now
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Let's praise Him anyhow
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For we are standing
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In His presence
00:45:48.48\00:45:51.58
On holy ground
00:45:51.61\00:45:55.35
Ground
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In His presence
00:46:01.22\00:46:05.83
I know there is joy
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Beyond a measure
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And at His feet
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Sweet peace of mind
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Can still be found
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When we have a need
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He is still
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He is still the answer
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O reach out and
claim it Claim it.
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For we are standing
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On holy ground
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Sing it with us.
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We are standing We are standing
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On holy ground
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Yes, it's holy,
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Holy ground
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And I know
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And I know there
are angels all around
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I can feel them,
they're all around
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Let us praise
00:47:39.59\00:47:42.56
Let us praise Let us praise
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Jesus now
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Let's praise Him now
00:47:50.63\00:47:55.80
O we are standing
00:47:55.84\00:47:57.97
We are standing
00:47:58.01\00:48:00.54
In His presence
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.88
On holy ground
00:48:02.91\00:48:05.11
Holy ground
00:48:05.15\00:48:09.78
Let us praise.
00:48:09.82\00:48:11.55
Let us
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Let us praise
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O let us praise God now
00:48:20.40\00:48:26.40
Praise Him anyhow
00:48:26.43\00:48:30.31
For we are standing
00:48:30.34\00:48:34.18
We are standing in His presence
00:48:34.21\00:48:38.51
We are standing
00:48:38.55\00:48:41.95
In His holy wonderful presence
00:48:41.98\00:48:46.29
We are standing
00:48:46.32\00:48:50.16
He loves us in
our hour of fall over
00:48:50.19\00:48:51.53
We are standing
00:48:54.63\00:48:56.73
He's our hope,
00:48:56.77\00:48:59.00
Our hope for tomorrow
00:48:59.03\00:49:03.24
We are standing
00:49:03.27\00:49:04.61
We are standingin
00:49:04.64\00:49:07.38
In His presence
00:49:07.41\00:49:09.64
On holy ground
00:49:09.68\00:49:16.72
Here on holy ground
00:49:16.75\00:49:24.66
Amen.
00:49:31.17\00:49:32.53
Geron Davis and His wife Becky
are some of the best writers
00:49:32.57\00:49:36.10
and worship leaders today.
00:49:36.14\00:49:37.51
And they've been nominated
and won multiple Dove awards.
00:49:37.54\00:49:41.04
Their group, Kindred Souls,
00:49:41.08\00:49:42.74
has performed
songs like Holy Ground,
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.38
and In the Presence of Jehovah
to millions around the world.
00:49:45.41\00:49:48.98
Their songs have
also been recorded
00:49:49.02\00:49:51.09
by the Gaither Vocal band,
Sandy Patty, Barbara Streisand,
00:49:51.12\00:49:55.12
and many other
well-known artists.
00:49:55.16\00:49:57.49
Geron and Becky's
passion is to lead people
00:49:57.53\00:50:00.20
into the presence
of God through music.
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.46
And if you'd
like more information,
00:50:02.50\00:50:04.10
just visit their
website GERONDAVISMUSIC.COM.
00:50:04.13\00:50:08.07
You may also call
them at 615-809-082
00:50:08.10\00:50:13.54
or email GeronDavis@me.com
00:50:13.58\00:50:16.95