Morning Gathering - December 21, 2014

Glory be to God on high
Let peace on earth descend
God comes down before our eyes
To Bethlehem
God invisible appears
Endless ages wrapped in years
He has come who cannot change
And Jesus is His name
Emptied of His majesty
He comes in human form
Beings source begins to be
And God is born
All our griefs Hell gladly share
All our sins Hell fully bear
He will cover our disgrace
And suer in our place
Let the joyful news ring out
The Prince of Peace proclaim
Lift your heart and voice to shout
Immanuels name
God has kept His promises
What a work of grace this is
Son of Mary, chosen One
The Lamb of God has come
Glory be to God on high
Let peace on earth descend
God comes down before our eyes
To Bethlehem
Glory Be to God
Original W--Charles Wesley M and Additional W--Bob Kauflin
(c) 2006 Sovereign Grace Praise
CCLI License #1501423
Angels we have heard on high

Sweetly singing oer the plains,
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee?

Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavnly song?

Come to Bethlehem and see

Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Angels We Have Heard on High
Traditional French Carol ArrEd Cash and Chris Tomlin
(c) 2005 Alletrop Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/sixsteps music
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Born is the King, Noel.
The first Noel
the angel did say,

Was to certain
poor shepherds
in fields where they lay;
In fields where they
lay keeping their sheep,

On a cold winters night
that was so deep.

Born is the King of Israel.
They looked up
and saw a star
Shining in the east,
beyond them far,
And to the earth
it gave great light,
And so it continued
both day and night.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.
Then let us all
with one accord

sing praises to our
heavenly Lord
That hath made heavn
and earth of naught,
And with His blood
mankind hath bought.


The First Noel

WTraditional English Carol MW. Sandys Christmas Carols, 1833;
arranged by Dan Forrest
(c) 2009 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.
Last week we lit the third advent candle.

We were reminded of Gods promise fulfilled
in the birth of a king in Bethlehem. This
week we light the fourth advent candle, and
see Gods promise that salvation will come
through His servant.
Isaiah 42:1-7
Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not

quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged
till he has established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands wait for his law.
Thus says God, the Lord,
who created the heavens and stretched

them out,
who spread out the earth and what

comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
I am the Lord; I have called you in

righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,
to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the

dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in

darkness.
Isaiah prophesied that the Lords chosen

servant will open the eyes that are blind,
and not grow faint or be discourage till he has
established justice in the earth. Gods
promises are trustworthy and true. Jesus was
born of a virgin, became a king in the line of
David, had Gods Spirit rest on him, was
crushed for our sin, was buried in a right
mans tomb, and because he rose again from
the dead will return to judge the earth.
Gods plan to reach the nations, first revealed to

Abraham, then prophesied by Isaiah, and then
announced by Simeon, is fulfilled when Jesus
returns. We anticipate His return and see a
glimpse of this fulfillment from the apostle John
in Revelation 7:10. As people from every nation
are standing before the throne, crying out to
Jesus the Lamb, Salvation belongs to our God
who sits on the throne, and To him who sits on
the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and
honor and glory and might forever and ever!
O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel!

O come, Thou, Dayspring from on high

And cause Thy light on us to rise
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadow put to flight

O come, O come, true prophet of the

Lord And turn the key to heavens door
Be Thou our comforter and guide
And lead us to the Fathers side

Shall by His Word our darkness dispel
O come, our great High Priest, and

intercede Thy sacrifice, our only plea
The judgment we no longer fear
Thy precious blood has brought us near
Has banished every fear of hell
O Come, Thou King of nations, bring
An end to all our suering
Bid every pain and sorrow cease

And reign now as our Prince of Peace
Shall come again with us to dwell
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Original words (vv. 1-2) translated by John M. Neale (1851).
Music: Veni Emmanuel. Alt. and add. words (vv. 3-5) by Steve Cook and Bob Kauflin.
2014 Sovereign Grace Praise
The Son of God came down
and laid aside His crown
Born without great renown,
this Sovereign One
All holiness and might,
all glory shining bright
Have come to earth this night
in Marys son
O come, let us adore
O Christ the Lord,
our hope and Savior
Son of God yet made like us
O Christ the Lord,
our King adored
Born a child, our Lord Jesus
Messiah born so small,
asleep in cattle stall
Come to redeem our fall,
nailed to a tree
This tiny, helpless child
through death would reconcile
The holy God and vile,
His grace so free
O come, let us adore
O Christ the Lord,
our hope and Savior
O Christ the Lord,
our King adored
Born a child, our Lord
O Christ the Lord,
our hope and Savior
O Christ the Lord,
our King adored
Born a child, our Lord Jesus
The Son of God Came Down

W and M--Doug Plank
(c) 2004 Sovereign Grace Worship
I hear the Savior say

Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness watch and pray
Find in me thine all in all
Jesus paid it all

All to him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow
Lord now indeed I find

Thy power and thine alone
Can change the lepers spots
And melt the heart of stone
Jesus paid it all

All to him I owe
And when before the throne

I stand in him complete
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat
Jesus paid it all

All to him I owe
He washed it white as snow.
He washed it white as snow.
Oh praise the one

who paid my debt
and raised this life
up from the dead
(Repeat)
Oh praise the one

who paid my debt
and raised this life
up from the dead
Jesus paid it all

All to him I owe

Jesus Paid It All

W and M--Alex Nifong, Elvina M. hall & John T. Grape
(c) 2006 worshiptogether.com songs, sixsteps Music, Pay Me Please Publishing

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Glory be to God on high

Let peace on earth descend

God comes down before our eyes

God invisible appears

Endless ages wrapped in years

He has come who cannot change

And Jesus is His name

Emptied of His majesty

He comes in human form

Beings source begins to be

And God is born

All our griefs Hell gladly share

All our sins Hell fully bear

He will cover our disgrace

And suer in our place

Let the joyful news ring out

The Prince of Peace proclaim

Lift your heart and voice to shout

God has kept His promises

What a work of grace this is

Son of Mary, chosen One

The Lamb of God has come

Glory be to God on high

Let peace on earth descend

God comes down before our eyes

(c) 2006 Sovereign Grace Praise

CCLI License #1501423

Angels we have heard on high

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Come to Bethlehem and see

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Traditional French Carol ArrEd Cash and Chris Tomlin

(c) 2005 Alletrop Music/worshiptogether.com Songs/sixsteps music

CCLI License #1501423

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

The first Noel

the angel did say,

lay keeping their sheep,

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

and saw a star

Shining in the east,

beyond them far,

And to the earth

it gave great light,

both day and night.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.

Then let us all

with one accord

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

The First Noel

arranged by Dan Forrest

(c) 2009 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.

CCLI License #1501423

Last week we lit the third advent candle.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, in whom my soul delights;