Christmas Eve (4 of 5)
Series: All Is Bright
Craig Smith
Luke 2
Welcome to Mission Hills and Merry Christmas. It's so good to have you with us for our Christmas Eve celebration.
In just a little bit, we're going to do something together that billions of people all over the world are doing. We're going to light a candle and we're going to sing a song that talks about light shining in the darkness. The two most common songs that people sing on Christmas Eve while they light candles are Silent Night and O Holy Night. Both great songs, filled with meaning and significance.
Today, we're going to be singing O Holy Night. And there's a line in the song I want to draw your attention to before we sing it. But let me put it in context. Here's how the song goes: [can we do a twinkling, starry night background on the big screen and have each of the lines appear at the top, progressively?]
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It's interesting to me that none of the stars we see in the night sky are actually all that bright. If they were, we'd see them in the daytime, but we don't. It's only at night that they shine bright. Because when everything is dark, even a little light makes a big difference.
By the say, the same thing is true of little acts of kindness, mercy, grace and love. They may not seem like a big deal to you...they may not seem bright enough to make much difference in the world around us, but to someone whose world is dark, even a little light makes a big difference.
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
By the way, pining is an old English word that means longing for something that's lost. See, we were made to have a relationship with God. It's hard-wired into us. It's the reason that every human culture that's ever existed has a religion of some kind. It's because the need to know God is as fundamental to human existence as the need for food and water.
But, I would ar ...
Series: All Is Bright
Craig Smith
Luke 2
Welcome to Mission Hills and Merry Christmas. It's so good to have you with us for our Christmas Eve celebration.
In just a little bit, we're going to do something together that billions of people all over the world are doing. We're going to light a candle and we're going to sing a song that talks about light shining in the darkness. The two most common songs that people sing on Christmas Eve while they light candles are Silent Night and O Holy Night. Both great songs, filled with meaning and significance.
Today, we're going to be singing O Holy Night. And there's a line in the song I want to draw your attention to before we sing it. But let me put it in context. Here's how the song goes: [can we do a twinkling, starry night background on the big screen and have each of the lines appear at the top, progressively?]
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining
It's interesting to me that none of the stars we see in the night sky are actually all that bright. If they were, we'd see them in the daytime, but we don't. It's only at night that they shine bright. Because when everything is dark, even a little light makes a big difference.
By the say, the same thing is true of little acts of kindness, mercy, grace and love. They may not seem like a big deal to you...they may not seem bright enough to make much difference in the world around us, but to someone whose world is dark, even a little light makes a big difference.
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
By the way, pining is an old English word that means longing for something that's lost. See, we were made to have a relationship with God. It's hard-wired into us. It's the reason that every human culture that's ever existed has a religion of some kind. It's because the need to know God is as fundamental to human existence as the need for food and water.
But, I would ar ...
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