Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Remembering Your Favorite Christmas Songs

We forget in this commercial consumer age what Christmas is meat to be about and or how it should be - used to be celebrated... with song. "O Come o come Immanuel" ... or "God and sinners reconciled". Which Christmas song titles are these phrases from? Do you know? I was just listening to Chris Fabry on Moody Radio and they were discussing Christmas songs, their historical background and everlasting impact on humanity.

There are so many Christmas songs that touch you, that can actually put you in touch you Jesus Christ. 
Away in the Manger
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlem
Hard the Herald Angels Sing
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen...  one of my favorites

God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Savior
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

In Bethlehem, in Israel,
This blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn
The which His Mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

From God our Heavenly Father
A blessed Angel came;
And unto certain Shepherds
Brought tidings of the same:
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by Name.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

"Fear not then," said the Angel,
"Let nothing you affright,
This day is born a Saviour
Of a pure Virgin bright,
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan's power and might."
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind:
And went to Bethlehem straightway
The Son of God to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

And when they came to Bethlehem
Where our dear Savior lay,
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His Mother Mary kneeling down,
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth deface.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy


... remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day, to save us all from Satan's power when we have gone astray

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