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Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs. Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs. Luke 1:5-22 Luke 1:67-79 We cannot sing the songs of praise of Christmas until we have experienced the power of the silence of Christmas! . Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs.
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Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs Luke 1:5-22 Luke 1:67-79 We cannot sing the songs of praise of Christmas until we have experienced the power of the silence of Christmas!
Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs SILENCE - Luke 1:5-22 20 “And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”
Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs SILENCE No beepers, No cell phones, No horns, No screaming kids, No ‘You’ve got mail’ No deadlines “Be still and know that I am God”
Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs SONGS - Luke 1:67-79 68“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David…”
Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs SONGS “Joy to the World” “O Come all ye Faithful” “O Come O Come Emmanuel” “Hark the herald angels sing” “Go tell it on the mountain” “ O Little Town of Bethlehem” “Silent Night” “Away in a Manger”
Opening Your Heart’s Door To Silence and Songs “how silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given, so God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, but in this world of sin, where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in.” It is the sound of silence in which we hear Christ…may we be still long enough to hear His song for our lives.