Songs of preparation: Did You Know?; Once In Royal David’s City; and Jesus Is The Name We Honour. Prayer of adoration and confession: thanking God for His faithfulness to all the generations of His people and asking that we will continue to live in reception of that faithful love until Jesus comes again. Assurance, confession …
Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring turns up in various Christmas music collections and the lyrics certainly harmonise with the theme of God with us. The Edinburgh Singers posted their rendition, from Songs Of Praise. But you only get one verse. 1 Jesus, joy of our desiring, holy wisdom, love most bright; drawn by thee, our …
Somewhere or other I read/heard the contrast between: the annual polite requests-appeals-strident demands that maintain the effort to keep Christ in Christmas, or to remember that Jesus is the reason for the season, or to correct someone who wishes you season’s greetings or happy holidays that they should be saying merry Christmas; and the fact …
The Earth Stood Still is an original song by Future Of Forestry from Advent Christmas EP Vol. 2. It’s quite simple, but has a couple of nice phrases in it. I assume the words and music are by Eric Owyoung. The lyrics: A teenage girl and her soon-to-be. A simple trip far as they could …
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