Beloved in Christ, at this Christmas-tide let it be our care and delight to hear again the message of the angels, and in heart and mind to go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing which is come to pass, and the Babe lying in a manger.
Therefore let us read and mark in Holy Scripture the tale of the loving purposes of God from the first days of our disobedience unto the glorious redemption brought us by this Holy Child. And let us commit ourselves to prayer for the world, for peace on earth and goodwill among all people, and for unity and brotherhood within the church He came to build.
And because this would rejoice His heart, let us remember, in His name, the poor and helpless, the cold, the hungry, and the oppressed; the sick and them that mourn, the lonely and the unloved, the aged and the little children; and those who know not the Lord Jesus, or who love Him not, or who by unrepentant sin have grieved His heart of love.
Lastly, let us praise God for all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore, and in a greater light, that multitude which no one can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom in the Lord Jesus we are one forevermore.
These prayers and praises let us humbly offer up to the throne of heaven, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Pastor Dave's prayer from Advent 2014)
(Pastor Dave's prayer from Advent 2014)
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