Participants: Tim Parton, John Lomacang, Yvonne Lewis
Series Code: 3CS
Program Code: 3CS170013S
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00:01 For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given:
00:05 And His name will be called 00:07 Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, 00:11 The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." 00:18 Join Tim Parton, Yvonne Lewis, and John Lomacang 00:22 as we bring you Christmas with Tim Parton and Friends. 00:40 A long time ago in Bethlehem 00:43 So the Holy Bible say 00:48 Mary's boy child Jesus Christ 00:51 Was born on Christmas day 00:55 Hark now hear the angels sing 00:58 A new king born today 01:02 And man will live forevermore 01:05 Because of Christmas day 01:11 While shepherds watch their flock by night 01:14 They saw a bright shining star 01:18 And heard a choir from heaven sing 01:21 The music came from afar 01:25 Hark now hear the angels sing 01:28 A new king born today 01:32 And man will live forevermore 01:36 Because of Christmas day 01:43 Now Joseph and his wife Mary 01:46 Came to Bethlehem that night 01:50 They found no place to bare her child 01:54 Not a single room was in sight 01:59 By and by they find a little nook 02:02 In a stable all forlorn 02:06 And in a manger cold and dark 02:10 Mary's little boy child was born 02:14 Hark now hear the angels sing 02:17 A new king born today 02:21 And man will live forevermore 02:24 Because of Christmas day 02:28 Trumpets sound and angels sing 02:32 Listen to what they say 02:35 That man will live forevermore 02:39 Because of Christmas day 02:50 That's a fun song. I love it. 02:52 That is fun. That's fun. 02:53 It's a good start. 03:08 Away in a manger 03:13 No crib for a bed 03:18 The little Lord Jesus 03:22 Laid down His sweet head 03:27 The stars in the sky 03:31 Looked down where He lay 03:36 The little Lord Jesus 03:42 Asleep on the hay 03:52 The cattle are lowing 03:57 The poor baby awakes 04:01 But little Lord Jesus 04:05 No crying He makes 04:10 I love you Lord Jesus 04:15 Look down from the sky 04:19 And stay by my side 04:25 Until morning is nigh 04:36 Be near me Lord Jesus 04:40 I ask you to stay 04:45 Close by me for ever 04:50 And love me, I pray 04:55 Bless all the dear children 04:59 In thy tender care 05:04 And take us to heaven 05:09 To live with you there 05:17 And take us to heaven 05:23 To live with thy there 05:41 Very nice. 05:44 I love those songs. 05:45 Yes, me too. 05:46 Those are timeless 05:48 and that's why we sing them every year, right? 05:49 That's right and what makes it so nice is that 05:52 even though these songs are true all year long... 05:55 It's good to pause at a time of the year 05:57 when people are willing to hear about Jesus 05:59 and we know it wasn't a cold time of the year. 06:03 God is not so unjust to put His Son 06:05 into a freezing manger. 06:07 But we do know the fact that Jesus was born in a manger. 06:10 And I like Isaiah the prophet, when he tells a story, he says, 06:13 "The ox knows 06:15 and the donkey knows their master." 06:17 But Israel does not know, they do not know their maker. 06:21 And so as we pause to acknowledge 06:23 the beauty of these songs, 06:25 we also pause to acknowledge the timeless message. 06:29 That as we sing these songs, 06:30 we sing them not for the season but because we know our savior. 06:33 That's right. Yes. 06:35 And what a night it was, what kind of night it was, 06:37 you know, song writers traditionally say 06:39 it was a clear night and it had to be 06:41 to some degree because they saw the star, 06:45 they saw the star leading the wise men from Jerusalem 06:49 to find out that people of God did not know, 06:53 all the way to Bethlehem. 06:55 To find the Christ child to whom they gave the gifts. 06:59 And in this song although it's a traditional one, 07:01 we gonna kind of give it a little flavor, 07:03 that is add a little bit of gospel style to it. 07:06 But the message remains untouched. 07:09 That's right. Yvonne, sing this song for us. 07:24 It came upon the midnight clear 07:30 That glorious song of old 07:36 From angels bending near the earth 07:42 To touch their harps of gold 07:48 Peace on the earth, goodwill to men 07:54 From heaven's all gracious King 08:00 The world in solemn stillness lay 08:06 To hear the angels sing 08:16 For lo! 08:17 The days are hastening on 08:22 By prophets seen of old 08:27 When with the ever circling years 08:34 Comes around the age of gold 08:40 When peace shall reign over all the earth 08:47 His angels spread their wings 08:52 The whole world gets back 08:58 The songs which now the angels sing 09:05 Peace on the earth, goodwill to men 09:12 From heaven's all gracious King 09:18 The world in solemn stillness lay 09:24 To hear the angels sing 09:31 The whole world is backed the song 09:37 Which now the angles sing 09:51 Woo! 09:55 That's a new flavor. That's right, it is. 09:57 Yes. 09:59 You know every year at Christmas time, 10:02 I think one of the things, 10:04 some people worry about is what to get, 10:07 what to give as a gift in appreciation to each other. 10:12 We exchange gifts, if you exchange gifts, 10:15 there may be a concern 10:18 and I think about how the wise men, 10:21 now the Bible talks about them bringing gifts 10:25 in the Bible and the frankincense, 10:27 gold and myrrh, I guess that was by the, 10:31 what they're called were they, wise men. 10:33 So I wonder what I would bring today. 10:40 I don't consider myself to have great riches or, 10:45 you know, anything of importance, 10:48 basically all I have to offer is me. 10:51 And as it would turn out, 10:53 that's exactly what He wants. 10:55 Yes. 10:56 So each of us have what Christ wants 11:01 for Christmas. 11:05 He wants you 11:07 and this is a nice song talking about 11:13 our Christmas offering. 11:23 Over the skies of Bethlehem appeared a star 11:29 While angels sang to lowly shepherds 11:36 Three wise men seeking truth they traveled from afar 11:43 Hoping to find the Child from Heaven 11:49 And falling on their knees 11:52 They bow before the humble prince of peace 12:00 I bring an offering of worship to our King 12:07 No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing 12:14 Jesus, may You receive the honor that You're due 12:21 O Lord, I bring an offering to You 12:33 The sun cannot compare to the glory of Your love 12:40 There is no shadow in Your presence 12:46 No mortal man would dare to stand before Your throne 12:53 Before the Holy One of Heaven 12:59 It's only by Your blood 13:02 And only through Your mercy 13:06 Lord I come 13:10 I bring an offering of worship to my King 13:17 No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing 13:24 Jesus, may You receive the honor that You're due 13:32 O Lord, I bring an offering to You 13:58 O Lord, I bring an offering to You 14:09 Lord, I offer my life to You 14:15 Everything I've been through 14:21 Use it for Your glory 14:25 Lord, I offer my days to You 14:31 Lifting my praise to You 14:36 As a pleasing sacrifice 14:44 Lord, I offer You my life 14:51 Lord, I offer my life to You 14:57 Everything I've been through 15:02 Use it for Your glory 15:06 Lord, I offer my days to You 15:12 Lifting my praise to You 15:18 As a pleasing sacrifice 15:25 Lord, I offer You my life 15:33 Lord, I offer You 15:38 My life 15:55 Amen. Amen. 15:57 What a worshipful song. Yeah, for sure. 16:01 That's our gift. 16:03 That's right. Is our worship to Christ. 16:04 That's right. Sure. 16:05 And, you know, when you think about the offering, 16:07 when Paul says in Romans 12, 16:10 " I beseech you therefore, 16:11 brethren, by the mercies of God, 16:13 that you present your bodies." 16:15 We live in a world were people would gladly write a check. 16:19 And they would do their weekly hour 16:22 or may be two or have a long in church. 16:25 But Jesus didn't come to write a check. 16:29 He came to offer His life. 16:30 Yes. Right. 16:32 And He is saying in return, 16:33 if anyone would come after Me, 16:34 let him deny himself, let him take up his cross, 16:37 and so the message in this song 16:40 is not just that we offer God what we have. 16:43 But as Tim said early, we offer Him us. 16:46 And I've discovered as I've grown, 16:48 you know, pastoring all these years and marriage. 16:51 As I understand the theology 16:54 of what it means to be a disciple, 16:56 it's not an easy thing to offer yourself. 16:58 That's right. 16:59 It's not an easy thing to say, 17:01 Lord, I'm going to lay down every... 17:02 And I could hear the Lord saying, 17:04 "No, no not that, no, no. 17:05 You can do great. 17:07 Not, not that. 17:08 You, not that." 17:11 And so as you think about this gift giving season, 17:15 it is a really good time as the years 17:16 are winding up to say, 17:18 you know, I want to go on to the next year 17:19 by giving God at least on par of the gift He gave to me. 17:23 He gave me His life and, Lord, I offer you my life. 17:26 Thank you for including that song on this. 17:27 Oh, absolutely, you know, and this is the time also 17:30 right after that gift giving season it be going to, 17:35 some people like to make resolutions for the new year. 17:39 And so what a great opportunity 17:41 to renew that vow to Christ to give. 17:45 One of the scriptures this year 17:47 that has struck me so much is the scripture in Matthew, 17:50 where it talks about separating the goats from the sheep. 17:53 Oh, yeah. 17:54 And the things that seem so dear to Jesus. 18:00 The one who is separating the sheep from the goats saying 18:04 you know, I was sick 18:06 and you came and visited me in the hospital and prison. 18:10 I was poor and you fed me, hungry and you fed me, 18:13 thirsty and you gave me something to drink. 18:15 All those things, those are ways 18:18 that I can give... 18:20 Of my life, end of my time, end of my resources 18:25 and so I really want to, 18:28 offering all that I have, everything that I have. 18:31 Use it for Your glory, Lord. 18:32 Yeah. And so that's right. 18:34 I want to just add one more thing to that. 18:35 My wife and I were in Columbia a number of months ago 18:38 doing evangelism in the Spanish country. 18:41 And one evening I was taking out a little mini SD card 18:45 out of my camera and I... 18:48 For all of a sudden that little thought hit me, 18:50 you can't even take this to heaven with you. 18:53 It's smaller than my fingernail. 18:55 And I said, "Honey, we can't even take that 18:59 micro SD card with us, 19:01 why are we sweating over all this stuff down here?" 19:03 Let's just go and give our Lord our best. 19:06 And so I know that's the truth in your life, 19:08 I mean, you've come out of a world 19:09 that demands everything of you 19:11 and now you've come in to a world 19:12 that you're willing to give 19:14 everything of yourself to the Lord. 19:15 Oh, yeah, and there's nothing better than that. 19:18 You know, there's nothing better than that, 19:19 but I think a lot of times we kind of give God crumbs, 19:24 you know, like we don't make Him 19:27 the focal point of our lives, we fit Him in. 19:30 And one of my resolutions is to make God first, 19:36 you really make time for Him because that's the only way 19:39 that He can do the work in me 19:40 that needs to be done to prepare. 19:42 We can't do anything to be saved. 19:45 We have to just lay ourselves at His feet, and say, 19:47 "Lord, fix me, fit me for the Kingdom." 19:49 That's right. 19:51 And that's it, but if we don't give Him time 19:53 and if we're doing this, this and this and say, 19:55 "You know what, I don't have time for worship right now. 19:58 I don't have time to." 20:00 Then what we're doing is 20:02 we're letting everything else dominate. 20:05 But we must present ourselves, 20:07 Romans 12, one that you were saying. 20:10 As living sacrifice is holy acceptable unto God 20:13 which is our reasonable service. 20:15 So that's what God would expect us to do, 20:18 and I think this is a good time to really think about 20:21 where do you put God, is He first, 20:24 or are you offering Him yourself as a sacrifice, 20:27 or you're just, you know, 20:29 paying a little money here and there and thinking that, 20:30 that's enough. 20:32 It's not enough, He wants you. 20:34 You know that song, 20:35 "All He wants is you. Nothing less will do." 20:38 I mean that's really what it's all about, 20:41 so God is calling you to make a decision, 20:44 to make a choice for Him, 20:46 not just, you know, not just throw Him crumbs, 20:49 He's the creator of the universe. 20:52 And He wants a relationship with you and with me. 20:56 You know, if you think about it... 20:58 If the most, think of the most 21:01 famous person that you can imagine. 21:04 And that person, he or she 21:08 will seek you out for a relationship, 21:10 you would be like scrambling 21:12 to get to know that person. 21:15 And here we have the God of the universe saying, 21:18 I want a relationship with you, just spend some time with Me. 21:24 So I can fix you and fix your brokenness 21:27 and we just say, you know, not right now. 21:29 Right. Not right now. 21:31 Well, you know what, Lord, I want to say have, 21:35 I want to give you the time now. 21:37 And I think we all need to make that, 21:40 we all should be making that resolution 21:41 and sometimes we might mess up. 21:44 But I think we have to decide 21:47 that we want to make God first. 21:49 That's right. 21:52 Yeah, I like this is... 21:55 This is where I'm going to go with that. 21:57 Good. 22:03 All to Jesus I surrender 22:11 All to Thee I freely give 22:19 I will ever love and trust Him 22:26 In His presence daily live 22:33 That's were I want to be, in His presence daily. 22:36 So I surrender all 22:45 I surrender all 22:53 All to Thee, my blessed Savior 23:01 I surrender all 23:19 All to Jesus 23:24 I surrender 23:28 All to Him I freely give 23:34 Worldly pleasures 23:39 All forsaken 23:43 Take me, Jesus, make me Thine 23:53 I surrender all 24:01 I surrender all 24:08 All to Thee, my blessed Savior 24:16 I surrender all 24:21 All to Thee, my blessed Savior. 24:24 All to Thee, my blessed Savior 24:34 I surrender all 24:55 I heard the bells on Christmas day 25:00 Their old familiar carols play 25:04 In music sweet the tones repeat 25:08 There's peace on earth, good will to men 25:13 I thought how as the day had come 25:17 The bell freeze of all pristine dump 25:22 Had hold a long the unbroken song 25:26 Of peace on earth, good will to men 25:38 And in despair I bowed my head 25:43 There is no peace on earth I said 25:48 For hate is strong and mocks the song 25:52 Of peace on earth 25:55 Good will to men 26:00 Then peel the bells more loud and deep 26:05 God is not dead, nor does he sleep 26:09 For Christ is here 26:11 His spirit there 26:13 Brings peace on earth good will to men 26:44 Amen. Amen. 26:46 Amen. 27:04 Tears are falling, hearts are breaking 27:09 How we need to hear from God 27:15 You've been promised, we've been waiting 27:20 Welcome Holy Child 27:25 Welcome Holy Child 27:33 Hope that You don't mind our manger 27:38 How I wish we would have known 27:43 But long-awaited Holy Stranger 27:49 Make Yourself at home 27:53 Please make Yourself at home 28:06 Bring Your peace into our violence 28:11 Bid our hungry souls be filled 28:16 Word now breaking Heaven's silence 28:21 Welcome to our world 28:27 Welcome to our world 28:38 Fragile finger sent to heal us 28:43 Tender brow prepared for thorn 28:49 Tiny heart whose blood will save us 28:55 Unto us is born 29:01 Unto us is born 29:12 So wrap our injured flesh around You 29:18 Breathe our air and walk our sod 29:24 Rob our sins and make us holy 29:30 Perfect Son of God 29:36 Perfect Son of God 29:43 Welcome to our world 30:03 Precious. Amen. 30:04 Very nice, good job. Yes, yes, for sure. 30:07 Praise the Lord. 30:08 What's in the name, 30:09 I've two sons and I know when... 30:14 When we were trying to come up with names, 30:18 you know, how do you choose a name? 30:20 It's sometimes, you can choose a family name, 30:22 you know, if it's somebody in the a father, 30:25 a grandfather, a great grandfather, 30:27 sometimes you use the mother's maiden name 30:30 as the first name if it's appropriate 30:31 but to one of the... 30:34 Probably a very difficult and stressful things about 30:38 having a child is choosing the name. 30:41 And Elijah and Grae, 30:45 I know we thought our oldest was a girl, 30:49 so we thought Grace would be good for a name 30:53 and found out it was a boy and we just took the C out 30:57 and spelled it G-R-A-E, Grae. 31:00 And so, and he is a beautiful guy, 31:03 he's not, he's not gray in his color... 31:06 Or gray hair. Or gray hair. 31:08 He's got a lot of grey matter though, how's that. 31:10 A lot of grey matter, right, he does. 31:12 And so I can imagine how helpful 31:16 it would have been for the angel, 31:19 when the angel said, "You shall call his name." 31:22 Yeah. 31:24 Jesus. Yes. 31:25 For He will be the savior of the world 31:27 and so I just, I like that, any thoughts on names? 31:32 Oh, you have two sons. Yes. 31:34 I mean, how did you pick their names? 31:35 You know, just kind of going back and forth 31:38 and trying to figure out which names work, 31:40 like I didn't want anything that was too off the wall, 31:44 just regular names. Right. 31:46 You know, nothing that's too different. 31:48 Nothing that they would hate you for when they grew up. 31:49 Exactly, nothing that would get them 31:51 tossed out of a job interview at, 31:53 you know, some point later in life. 31:55 And so I just thought, okay, what about this name, 31:59 what about that name, 32:00 and talked it over with their dads, 32:02 and they kind of, you know, 32:04 it just kind of fell into place. 32:06 And they kind of match their name to me, 32:08 Mark and Jason. Funny how that works. 32:10 They do, they kind of matching me. 32:11 You can't imagine them anything else. 32:13 I know, exactly, exactly but, you know, 32:18 a name I've been kind of studying up 32:20 on the whole idea of names 32:23 and how the name is often tied into character. 32:29 Yeah. 32:30 And so we think about Jesus of course, His name. 32:33 I shall call His name Jesus for He shall save His people 32:36 from their sins. 32:37 So we know that, that name Jesus, 32:41 Yeshua is a special name. 32:45 That's right. Nice. 32:47 And think about His name, I mean, 32:50 all the demons of darkness, when they hear the name Jesus, 32:54 they've got to flee, at the name of Jesus 32:57 we are told that in the future, there is going to be a time 33:01 where everyone who has ever lived 33:03 will be alive. 33:06 And at the name of Jesus, every knee will bow, 33:11 every tongue will confess 33:13 that Jesus is Lord to the glory of the Father. 33:16 Who could have such a powerful name? 33:18 I remember growing up when my sister would say, 33:21 "Papa's home." 33:23 Well, whatever I was doing, 33:24 it's like if it's not authorized by papa, 33:26 it's time to cut it out. 33:27 Well, you know, we live in a world 33:29 where people are doing things that are not authorized by God. 33:31 But, you know, you're living at an hour 33:34 where you could still make a decision, 33:35 that when His name is called, you don't have to run in fear. 33:39 That's right. 33:40 He is the lamb, He is the lamb, 33:43 He is not angry at us, He's come to save us, 33:47 and that's what this whole season is about. 33:50 That's right. 33:51 We just want to kind of remind people 33:52 that the season while it's just a... 33:54 To me, I love celebrating Christmas. 33:57 I mean, I really do, I like the trees, 33:59 I know people have issues on trees, and lights, 34:01 and the tinsel and all that stuff. 34:04 It's a celebratory holiday. Absolutely. 34:07 It's good to end a terrible year 34:09 with something to be happy about. 34:10 That's right. Yes, that's right. 34:11 You know, just roll me in the snow, 34:13 just let me freeze and smile for a chance. 34:16 You're taking it a little far for me now. 34:18 You don't like always. No snow. No snow. 34:20 Well, I mean, when I lived in California by Placerville, 34:24 when I was in Heritage Singers, we would, you know, 34:26 get all the best snowsuits we can, 34:28 at least the best snowsuits whatever Lucy Mayes, 34:31 Mac Smith's wife had that we could fit 34:33 and we get garbage can covers or slays, 34:36 and we roll down the hill 34:37 and the snow would just gently knock 34:39 at the front of the ski, and just cover us, 34:42 and our faces would be pulverized 34:44 for a frozen moment, and we go back home, 34:47 and sit down and talk, and let ourselves thought out, 34:50 and say, "Thank you, Lord, for taking us 34:52 to the end of the year." 34:53 So as we think about the season, 34:54 narrow it down, not to the gift of just His life but the name. 34:59 Call on Him, while He can be found 35:01 and you'll know that this season 35:03 will take on a completely different meaning. 35:05 Yes. Nice. 35:09 Master, Redeemer 35:13 Savior of the world. 35:18 Wonderful, Counselor 35:23 Bright Morning Star 35:28 Lily of the valley 35:33 Provider, and Friend 35:37 He was yesterday 35:40 He'll be tomorrow 35:43 Beginning and the end 35:49 But the angel called Him 35:54 Jesus, born of a virgin 36:05 Mary called Him Jesus 36:12 But I call Him Lord 36:24 Jehovah, Messiah 36:28 Mighty God and King 36:32 Bread of Life, lasting words of love 36:37 The song that I sing 36:40 He is the Light in darkness 36:43 Door to heaven, my home in the sky 36:49 He's the Fountain of Living Water 36:54 That never shall run dry 37:01 But the angel called Him 37:04 Jesus, born of a virgin 37:15 Mary called Him Jesus 37:22 But I call Him Lord 37:31 And I'll never regret making that decision, right? 37:38 Yes, I call Him Lord 37:48 He's my Lord. Amen. 37:50 You know as you were singing that song, 37:52 I was singing along with you in my head. 37:54 Okay. 37:55 Mary called Him Jesus, but I call Him Lord. 38:00 And I was thinking, we had been talking about names, 38:02 how do you come up with a name. 38:04 You know there's going to be a time, 38:06 that everybody who has ever lived 38:08 is going to be alive on the earth. 38:10 And what a glorious day that's going to be 38:12 but now, what's so nice about that song is 38:15 I could call Him Lord too. 38:17 You see, we can call Him Lord 38:19 and who we are sharing with you is the Lord. 38:23 We always say Jesus is the reason for the season, 38:27 but He is the Lord of the season. 38:28 That's right. 38:29 So if you're in Walmart, that's our famous store 38:31 here in Southern Illinois, when we go to Walmart, 38:33 we feel like we are at North Shrimps 38:36 'cause that's about as close as we're going to get 38:38 to North Shrimp for an airplane ride. 38:41 But we could walk into Walmart, and Kmart, 38:44 and Sam's Club and all of our... 38:46 Even a little mall down in Carbondale, 38:48 and hear songs about somebody saying the name Jesus. 38:52 But I want to dare you to take the name of Jesus 38:55 beyond December 25th 38:57 'cause we are so holiday geared 39:00 that we forget to be Jesus geared. 39:02 Thank you for sharing that song. 39:03 Thanking the Lord. Amen. 39:04 Make Him your Lord. That's good. That's good. 39:06 Here is another classic song that I learned as a kid called 39:08 Beautiful star of Bethlehem, 39:10 sing along with me, all right, if you know it. 39:12 Okay. 39:19 Oh beautiful star of Bethlehem 39:24 Shinning afar through shadows dimmed 39:28 Giving the life for those who long have gone 39:36 Guiding the wise men on their way 39:41 Unto the place where Jesus lay 39:45 Beautiful star of Bethlehem shine on 39:53 Oh, beautiful star of Bethlehem 40:01 Shine upon us until the glory dawn 40:10 Give us Thy light to light the way 40:14 Unto the land of perfect day 40:19 Beautiful star of Bethlehem 40:23 Shine on, shine on 40:35 Oh, beautiful star the hope of light 40:40 Guiding the pilgrims through the night 40:44 Over the mountains 'till the break of dawn 40:52 Into the land of perfect day 40:56 It will give out a lovely ray 41:00 Oh, beautiful star 41:03 Of Bethlehem shine on 41:09 Oh, beautiful star 41:13 Of Bethlehem 41:18 Shine upon us until the glory dawn 41:26 Oh, give us Thy light to light the way 41:31 Unto the land of perfect day 41:35 Beautiful star 41:37 Of Bethlehem shine on 41:43 Oh, beautiful star 41:48 Of Bethlehem 41:52 Shine upon us 41:54 Until the glory dawn 42:01 Give us Thy light to light the way 42:05 Unto the land of perfect day 42:09 Beautiful star of Bethlehem 42:14 Shine on 42:16 Shine on 42:24 We know you knew that when you were little, 42:26 we might not know it. 42:27 That's all right. That's a good time. 42:29 Grace is sufficient for me. 42:30 That's right. That's right. 42:32 And that's what, 42:33 you know, sometimes you just have to have fun. 42:34 That's right. 42:36 And I think that our audience would appreciate 42:37 that we could have fun too, 42:39 we don't have to be perfect all the time. 42:40 That's right. That's a good thing. 42:41 As you can tell, you don't have to be perfect. 42:43 Right, it is a good thing. 42:44 Our perfection doesn't take away 42:46 from the perfection of the beautiful star of Jesus. 42:49 That's exactly right. Or our imperfection. 42:51 Yeah, that's what I meant, right. 42:53 Here is a beautiful song, 42:56 and if our friends at home know this song, 43:00 this is a great lyric, 43:03 I'm just going to play this one. 43:05 Thou didst leave thy throne. 46:02 Amen. 46:03 You know the last line of that song? 46:04 It says, 46:06 "There is room in my heart for Thee." 46:08 Right? 46:11 Again, talking about making room for Christ, 46:14 so it's a good song, it's a pretty, pretty song. 46:16 It's beautiful. 46:18 Would you like to sing little Silent Night? 46:20 Sure. 46:21 I think that would be very appropriate. 46:23 Sure. 46:39 Silent night 46:44 Holy night 46:49 All is calm 46:54 And all is bright 46:59 Round yon Virgin 47:04 Mother and Child 47:08 Holy infant 47:13 So tender and mild 47:18 Sleep in heavenly 47:24 Peace 47:30 Sleep in heavenly 47:38 Peace 47:47 Silent night 47:51 Holy night 47:55 Shepherds quake 47:59 At the sight 48:04 Glories stream from heaven afar 48:12 Heavenly hosts 48:15 Sing Alleluia 48:20 Christ the Savior 48:24 Is born 48:29 Christ the Savior 48:34 Is born 48:43 O Holy Night 48:47 The stars are brightly shining 48:53 It is the night of the dear 49:00 Savior's 49:03 Silent night 49:08 Holy night 49:13 Son of God love's 49:20 Pure light 49:22 Radiant beams 49:26 From Thy holy face 49:31 With dawn 49:35 Of redeeming grace 49:40 Jesus Lord 49:45 At Thy 49:46 Birth 49:53 Jesus Lord 49:59 At Thy 50:02 Birth 50:23 Amen. Amen. 50:25 Amen. 50:27 You know we think about that song, 50:30 there was a negro spiritual written a while ago, 50:33 and I looked into the history behind it 50:35 and it was a time when in America, 50:37 a dark history of America 50:39 when slaves and the tasking of the nation 50:44 was on the shoulders of people 50:46 who had been against their will brought 50:48 to the country 50:49 but they thought about the season, 50:51 it still didn't leave them. 50:54 And they instead of rejoicing as everyone would, 50:58 they thought about 51:00 the hardship of the road of Jesus 51:02 and this song Sweet Little Jesus Boy 51:05 was written through the tears of a people 51:08 and at a time 51:10 that joy wasn't the best thing in the atmosphere, 51:13 but its message has continued to resonate 51:16 and, you know, as we go through the... 51:19 We have negro spirituals, 51:21 then somebody changes the grammar 51:23 because your dad was an English teacher. 51:25 Right. 51:26 And we talked about this and said, 51:28 how do you say words that are broken 51:31 and fanatically incorrect, 51:33 but that was the whole message of the song, 51:36 and so enjoy this negro spiritual 51:38 that takes us to the season 51:40 and the people that communicated this message. 51:49 Sweet little Jesus boy 51:55 They made you be born in a manger 52:02 Sweet little holy child 52:09 We didn't know 52:11 who you were 52:17 Didn't know you'd come to save us, Lord 52:22 To take our sins away 52:28 Our eyes were blind 52:33 We couldn't see 52:40 We didn't know 52:42 Who you were 52:51 Long time ago 52:56 You was born 53:02 Born in a manger, Lord 53:09 Sweet little Jesus 53:13 Boy 53:18 You have told us how 53:25 We are trying 53:32 Master, You have shown us 53:38 How 53:43 Even when 53:47 You were dying 54:06 Just seems like 54:09 We can't do right 54:12 Look how we treated you 54:18 But please Sir 54:23 Forgive us, Lord 54:30 We didn't know 54:33 It was you 54:41 Sweet little Jesus boy 54:47 Born a long time ago 54:52 Sweet little holy child 54:59 And we didn't know 55:02 Who you 55:06 Were 55:20 Amen. Amen. 55:21 Wow, thank you. 55:22 Thank you for adding that note that I could not add. 55:25 Well, thanks for inviting me to sing with you. 55:28 You know, this is a joyful time of the year, 55:29 those of you who are... 55:30 Thank you for taking the time 55:32 to spend with Tim, and Yvonne, and me, 55:35 and with your 3ABN family. 55:37 And as we kind of close out this program, 55:40 it's been a wonderful time. 55:42 It's a time of the year 55:43 where we pull out our old lyrics 55:44 and try to remember 55:46 what we did not sing all year long. 55:48 And you have prayed with us all year long, 55:50 you have supported this network 55:52 and we thank you so much for it, 55:53 but we got to go out 55:54 with some of the traditional songs, 55:56 Joy to the World and whatever else 55:57 the Lord sends to your fingertips. 55:59 We'll sing along with you and you sing along with us. 56:01 Thank you so much, and may God bless you. 56:07 Joy to the world 56:09 The Lord has come 56:12 Let earth receive her King 56:17 Let every heart prepare Him room 56:22 And heaven and nature sing 56:24 And heaven and nature sing 56:27 And heaven and heaven and nature sing 56:37 He rules the world with truth and grace 56:42 And makes the nations prove 56:47 The glories of His righteousness 56:52 And wonders of His love 56:54 And wonders of His love 56:57 And wonders wonders of His love 57:34 Merry Christmas. 57:36 Merry Christmas. |
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