Lord, we come to you today with hearts of gratitude. None of us fully understanding the sacrifice that the gift of Your only Son would be on that cold night in Bethlehem. We marvel at the faith of Mary and Joseph, the courage they had to accept this miracle child as their own. We read Your words in Luke and rejoice as the shepherds did at the wonder that was the promised Savior. Father, many of us approach this Christmas season filled with stress and things of this world, but today we pause. We pause and we remember the magnitude of what You gave to us that night. In a stable the Christ-child was born and that gift changed the world. Our thanks do not seem to be enough Lord, but we offer them with hearts full of adoration. Thank you for loving us so much that You sent Your only Son to earth to save all that would choose to believe. Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! In the blessed name of Jesus, Amen.

O Come, All Ye Faithful

“O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in heaven God’s holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.”

Merry Christmas from your sisters at God-sized Dreams!