Saturday, 17 December 2022

Sunday Service Kit - Sunday before Christmas - 18/12/2022


Welcome to carols and our pre-Christmas look at preparing for Christmas.

What's it about this week?

Here's the video sound-bite that introduces the sermon that comes later:


The weather outside has been pretty frightful, but the passage we're looking at today as Zechariah sings to hail the birth of his rather special son is quite delightful ... I just hope it's not going be allowed to snow any more this week!

Let's start the carols and readings ...


























Now it's sermon time ... 

click the button below for audio and transcript, or the YouTube link below that for the video version.


Here's the video version

 







In conclusion today, let's commit our lives and our place in His plan to Almighty God as we pray ...

"The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 

Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 
For no word from God will ever fail.”

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” 

Then the angel left her."

Lord grant us the grace to accept with gratitude the course set out for us, enable us to embrace it, willingly serving the Lord Who willingly laid aside all that was His in Glory, took upon Himself the form of a servant, humbling Himself to death - even the death of the Cross - and gave His life for our salvation.

Grant us Christ in our Christmas, the joy of His fellowship at this time of year and the joy of His salvation. 

Enable us, with gladdened hearts, to prepare in our lives the Way of the Lord as He come to us afresh while we celebrate once more His gracious Incarnation.

We ask for Jesus' sake and Glory.

AMEN.

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Thanks for being here today, and may God bless your company, your fellowship and the deepest reaches of your own soul this Christmas.




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