The Thrill of Hope (2 of 4)
Series: So This Is Christmas
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:8-18
OPEN: I love singing Christmas carols... so I'd like you to join me in singing this one. It's called ''O Holy Night'' and it goes like this:
''O holy night, the stars are brightly shining.
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
for yonder breaks a new glorious morn.
Fall on your knees - O hear the angel voices!
O night divine. O night when Christ was born.
O night divine - O night, O night divine.''
I love that song. It's been performed by such singers as Nat King Cole, Mahalia Jackson, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, Martina McBride, Mercy Me, Carrie Underwood and Josh Groban.
I love singing that song, but its not an easy one to sing. If you don't start out low enough, it can get hard to hit that high note sometimes. But when you get all the notes just right...it can send chills up and down your back.
Now, there were 2 things that caught my attention about this song and the 1st is this:
This carol was inspired by the story of the shepherds out in the field.
For example, the carol declares ''O holy night the stars are brightly shining, it is the NIGHT of our dear Savior's birth.''
And Luke says ''... there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by NIGHT.'' Luke 2:8
And then the song declares ''O hear the ANGEL VOICES'', and Luke tells us ''suddenly there was with the angel A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST praising God and saying, ''Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!'' Luke 2:13-14
So that's the first thing that caught my attention the song was inspired shepherds and the angels in the field.
But then there was this phrase in the song that stood out to me: ''A Thrill of HOPE'' (it's where I got the idea for the sermon title). And t ...
Series: So This Is Christmas
Jeff Strite
Luke 2:8-18
OPEN: I love singing Christmas carols... so I'd like you to join me in singing this one. It's called ''O Holy Night'' and it goes like this:
''O holy night, the stars are brightly shining.
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
for yonder breaks a new glorious morn.
Fall on your knees - O hear the angel voices!
O night divine. O night when Christ was born.
O night divine - O night, O night divine.''
I love that song. It's been performed by such singers as Nat King Cole, Mahalia Jackson, Mariah Carey, Bing Crosby, Martina McBride, Mercy Me, Carrie Underwood and Josh Groban.
I love singing that song, but its not an easy one to sing. If you don't start out low enough, it can get hard to hit that high note sometimes. But when you get all the notes just right...it can send chills up and down your back.
Now, there were 2 things that caught my attention about this song and the 1st is this:
This carol was inspired by the story of the shepherds out in the field.
For example, the carol declares ''O holy night the stars are brightly shining, it is the NIGHT of our dear Savior's birth.''
And Luke says ''... there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by NIGHT.'' Luke 2:8
And then the song declares ''O hear the ANGEL VOICES'', and Luke tells us ''suddenly there was with the angel A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST praising God and saying, ''Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!'' Luke 2:13-14
So that's the first thing that caught my attention the song was inspired shepherds and the angels in the field.
But then there was this phrase in the song that stood out to me: ''A Thrill of HOPE'' (it's where I got the idea for the sermon title). And t ...
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