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Rejoice!

... for unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord!

He came in humility, leaving the glory of Ivory Palaces to come to this sad and sin-cursed world. He laid aside His glory and His honor; He emptied Himself of His reputation and power.

Because of the great and eternal love He bears for His children, He came to live among us and died to atone and pay for our sins. Three days later, He arose in power, breaking the chains of sin and death and the grave.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, for today we rejoice in our Savior's advent here on earth! Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace good will to all men! All praise to God our Savior, come to redeem us from sin and eternal hell! Gloria in excelsis Deo!

A joy from the past - Kender podcasts the Carnival of Christmas (2009)

For those of you listening to his re-broadcast of the awesome job he did recapitulating the 2009 Carnival of Christmas, here is the original link...

Unfortunately, I could not post a Carnival this year due to the general craziness of life. God willing, I will have the opportunity to upload some sort of Christmas blessing to the blogosphere... but *sigh* no guarantees!

(UPDATE: I suppose I should link to Kender's site for the broadcast, right? You can find him here and here.)

One King

And now I am finally catching up with my proper Faith of Christmas posts! Hooray!

For today's offering, I present David Phelps' song "One King," from his One Wintry Night album. I'm going to embed a scrolling box for the lyrics to save space; I hope it works!

David Phelps One King lyrics

Lyrics

Only one King gave up everything to come to His people and save them. Only one King humbled Himself and left His riches to dwell among the poorest and most sinful of His people. Only one King was born in a manger two thousand years ago to begin His earthly walk to the Cross and the salvation of His people.

Only ONE KING - and His name is Jesus!

Celebrate His life and His message of grace and love by bowing to Him in gratitude. Lay yourself bare before the One who already knows everything and has His arms open wide to welcome you to His Kingdom. Submit yourself to Him and give your entire self to His loving commands - He will never betray you, and He will always be with you.

Remember that Child in the manger and all He did on our behalf... and welcome Him, yet again, into your soul!

If I don't get started today...

... I won't even BEGIN to start my annual Christmas series. I'm already on Day 4, with bupkis to show for it.

I want to use hymns and carols that are not as well known or are rather unusual for each day, but I'm not sure what to title this year's series... The Adoration of Christmas? The Praises of Christmas?

*sigh*

Well, since I'm in bed trying to kick a sinus infection before I have to resort to antibiotics, I suppose I'll have all day to work on this!