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December 7
“Joy To The World/Our God Saves” by Paul Baloche
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart
Prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
Let heaven and nature sing
Let heaven and heaven
And nature sing
Joy to the world
The Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods
Rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy
Hear the joyful sound of our offering
As Your saints bow down, as Your people sing
We will rise with You lifted on Your wings
And the world will see that
Our God saves
Our God saves
There is hope in Your name
You rule the world
With truth and grace
And make the nations prove
The glories of Your righteousness
The wonders of Your love
The wonder of Your love
The wonders, wonders Of Your love
Hear the joyful sound of our offering
As Your saints bow down, as Your people sing
We will rise with You lifted on Your wings
And the world will see that
Our God Saves Our God Saves
There is hope in Your name
Mourning turns to songs of praise
Our God saves Our God saves
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
You rule the world
With truth and grace
You rule the world
With truth and grace
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Today’s Devotion
I’m awe-struck at the thought of Mary and Joseph and their quest to literally find a room for the Son of God to be born. Since there was nowhere prepared for Jesus’s birth, many people missed out on the most shocking moment in human history.
God born as a baby.
Let’s face it, the Christmas season is busy. Our schedules fill with parties, activities luncheons, shopping, family traditions and errands. The room in our heart can also fill up quickly with the schedule of the season!
However as Christ-followers, we should be drawn to celebrate differently than the rest of the world, because we observe the birth of the most amazing human who has ever lived: our God-Jesus Christ. And this Christ is worthy of our time, attention and hearts.
There have been countless people throughout history who have missed out on Jesus, even some who proclaimed themselves to be followers. They missed out because they didn’t made him central in their lives.
They didn’t prepare a room for him.
As this song reminds us, we should be primarily preparing for Christ during this season.
Not the celebration of Jesus, but for the person of Jesus himself.
While this season can undoubtedly bring stress and busyness, we do not celebrate because it’s Christmas. We celebrate because Jesus Christ came and brought his love, light, truth and way. He came to bring us back to God, for our God saves.
May you embrace the gift Jesus brought you this Christmas season, which is him. He is here right with you today as you are reading this; loving you and wanting you to fall into his loving, tender, safe arms.
Have you prepared a room for him this season? It’s never too late to prepare the room!
“Let every heart prepare him room”
Prayer
God,
I don’t always have space for you in my life. I don’t always carve out the time, or show you attention, or recognize your movements around me. I pray that you’ll help me overcome my distractions, and make you a greater priority in my life. I know that you are primarily what I need, and I thank you always for being willing to make room for me. Amen.
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I created this book to be perfect for a Christmas gift or as a gift to yourself. A very special resource this Christmas season!
7 chapters based on 7 Bible verses and words of Christmas.
1. Matt. 2:10 – Joy
2. Luke 1:30 – Favor
3. John 11:27 – Believe
4. Isaiah 9:6b – Called
5. John 14:27 – Peace
6. Isaiah 7:14 – Hope
7. Psalm 95:2 – Praise
Each chapter has a Scripture coloring sheet, a devotion based on the Scripture, and two worksheets to process and apply the material!
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