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*A Christmas Worth Celebrating*
Experiencing the Music of Christmas
“Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.”
Eph 5:19 (NIV)
How to Experience the Music of Christmas
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God wants you to sing a song of joy this Christmas*
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And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”
Luke 1:46-47(NIV)
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· * Rejoice in what God has done for you*
“My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me-- holy is his name.”
Luke 1:46-49 (NIV)
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· *Rejoice in what God will do through you*
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“His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.”
Luke 1:50 (NIV)
“He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers."
Luke 1:54-55 (NIV)
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God wants you to sing a song of praise this Christmas*
· *Sing praise to God for setting you free*
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people.”
Luke 1:68 (NIV)
· *Sing praise to God for delivering you from Satan*
“He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.”
Luke 1:69 (NIV)
“To rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear.”
Luke 1:74 (NIV)
· *Sing praise to God for paying your sin debt*
“And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.”
Luke 1:76-77 (NIV)
· *Sing praise to God for shining His light in your darkness*
“Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high shall visit us,
To shine upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace."
Luke 1:78-79 (NASB)
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 8:12 (NIV)
*Singing for the Savior:*
· *Will you trust Jesus as /your/ Savior this Christmas?*
· *Will you experience His joy this Christmas?*
· *Will you express praise to Him this Christmas?*
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Intro:
(first service)
How many of you like to sing?
What do people hear when you sing?
(humor illus?)
(second service)
As you listened to the children sing this morning what did you hear?
I heard singing from the heart!!
Children know how to sing from the heart…don’t they?...do you?
We’ve heard them sing…what do they hear when we sing?
*How Children Hear Us Sing …*
• Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly
• On the first day of Christmas my tulip gave to me
• Later on we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire.
• He’s makin’ a list, chicken and rice.
• Frosty the Snowman is a ferret elf, I say
• Sleep in heavenly peas
• In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend that he is sparse and brown
• You’ll go down in Listerine
• Oh, what fun it is to ride with one horse, soap and hay
What /do/ children hear when we sing?
What does God hear when we sing?
Do we sing?
God wants us to sing…Eph 5:19 says,/ “Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.”/
God wants us to sing.
Last week I began a Christmas series entitled: *A Christmas worth celebrating.*
Last week we looked at *Experiencing the miracles of Christmas*…
…today we are going to look at *Experiencing the music of Christmas.*
A big part of celebrating Christmas is experiencing the music of Christmas…singing the songs of Christmas
There is no better time to learn how to sing than at Christmas.
You might say… there is no way I can ever learn to sing…I can’t carry a tune in a bucket.
That’s okay…singing is not about the voice…it is about the heart…/sing and make music in your heart to the Lord./
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God wants us to learn two songs this morning.
There are two songs that we find in Luke 1.
Two songs that God wants each of us to sing.
The first one is Mary’s song.
What does she teach us about singing?
*1.
God wants you to sing a song of joy this Christmas*
That is what we find from the example of Mary.
In Luke 1 we find her singing a song of joy.
The background for this passage is Elizabeth and Mary exchanging good news with each other.
Elizabeth was 6 months pregnant with John the Baptist…and Mary had just found out that she was pregnant with Jesus.
In Luke 1:46 Mary’s song begins in this way:
46 And Mary said:
"My soul glorifies the Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
Luke 1:46-47
Mary’s song is often called the “Magnificat,” because of first word in the Latin translation of this passage—magnify or glorify.
Mary’s song has often been used as the basis for choral music and hymns.
More importantly it can used to teach us how to sing to the Lord.
Notice how the New Century Version of the Bible translates vv.
46-47:
46 Then Mary said, “My soul praises the Lord;
47 my heart rejoices in God my Savior,
Luke 1:46-47 NCV
Whatever is in your heart will come out of your mouth.
Mary’s heart was full of joy…so her song was full of joy…she teaches us how to sing with joy.
From Mary you can learn to:
· *Rejoice in what God has done for you*
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