Silent Night (4 of 4)
Series: Do You See What I See?
Jeff Strite
Daniel 9:24-27
Open: I'm told that, in the early 1800's, there was a priest in Europe who led his congregation in a Christmas Eve service. Unfortunately, the organ had broken down and many of the traditional Christmas songs could not be sung. But, sometime before he had written a song of his own and, playing his guitar, he shared it that night with his church. Sing it with me now:
''Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing, ALLELUIA TO OUR KING.
Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born.
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light,
Radiant beams from Thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace,
JESUS, LORD AT THY BIRTH; Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.''
Now, isn't that a beautiful song? There's something about the song that seems to touch the very soul. Even after nearly 200 years the song still has the ability to sooth our hearts.
I chose the 3 verses we sang for a special reason.
The 1st verse ... because we know it so well.
But 2nd verse declares ''Alleluia to our KING''
And the 3rd verse says ''Jesus, LORD at Thy birth.''
This is the very heart of the message of Christmas.
Jesus came to be our King.
He was born to be our Lord.
Like I said, ''Silent Night'' is a powerful song. It still has the power to touch the hearts of men.
How many of you have heard of a Country singer named Travis Tritt?
Before he became famous Travis Tritt spent years playing in bars, and some of them were downright seedy establishments. He said that many of these bars were dangerous places, with drunk fans starting fights over the smallest matters. But Tritt discovered a unique way to stop the fights.
He said, '''Silent Night' proved to be my all ...
Series: Do You See What I See?
Jeff Strite
Daniel 9:24-27
Open: I'm told that, in the early 1800's, there was a priest in Europe who led his congregation in a Christmas Eve service. Unfortunately, the organ had broken down and many of the traditional Christmas songs could not be sung. But, sometime before he had written a song of his own and, playing his guitar, he shared it that night with his church. Sing it with me now:
''Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright
Round yon virgin Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night, wondrous star, lend thy light;
With the angels let us sing, ALLELUIA TO OUR KING.
Christ the Saviour is born, Christ the Saviour is born.
Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light,
Radiant beams from Thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace,
JESUS, LORD AT THY BIRTH; Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.''
Now, isn't that a beautiful song? There's something about the song that seems to touch the very soul. Even after nearly 200 years the song still has the ability to sooth our hearts.
I chose the 3 verses we sang for a special reason.
The 1st verse ... because we know it so well.
But 2nd verse declares ''Alleluia to our KING''
And the 3rd verse says ''Jesus, LORD at Thy birth.''
This is the very heart of the message of Christmas.
Jesus came to be our King.
He was born to be our Lord.
Like I said, ''Silent Night'' is a powerful song. It still has the power to touch the hearts of men.
How many of you have heard of a Country singer named Travis Tritt?
Before he became famous Travis Tritt spent years playing in bars, and some of them were downright seedy establishments. He said that many of these bars were dangerous places, with drunk fans starting fights over the smallest matters. But Tritt discovered a unique way to stop the fights.
He said, '''Silent Night' proved to be my all ...
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