 Advent For the Family
December
25th, 2012
It's
Christmas!
 Begin by lighting 4 white
candles and a white candle in the center if you have the
holder.
Christmas
Carol:
Joy to the
World
Joy to
the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to
the earth! 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.
No more
let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessing flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
He
rules the world with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of His righteousness,
and wonders of His love,
and wonders of His love,
and wonders, wonders of His love.
Bible
Reading:
Luke
2
Jesus
Presented in the Temple
21On the eighth day, when it was time to
circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the
angel had given him before he had been conceived.
22When the time of their purification
according to the Law of Moses had been completed,
Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him
to the Lord 23(as it is written in the Law
of the Lord, "Every firstborn male is to be
consecrated to the Lord"[2] ), 24and
to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in
the Law of the Lord: "a pair of doves or two
young pigeons."[3]
25Now there was a man in Jerusalem called
Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting
for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit
was upon him. 26It had been revealed to
him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before
he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27Moved by
the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the
parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what
the custom of the Law required, 28Simeon
took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
29"Sovereign Lord,
as you have promised,
you now
dismiss[4] your
servant in peace.
30For my eyes have seen
your salvation,
31which
you have prepared in the sight of all people,
32a light for
revelation to the Gentiles
and for
glory to your people Israel."
33The child's father and mother marveled
at what was said about him. 34Then Simeon
blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This
child is destined to cause the falling and rising of
many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken
against, 35so that the thoughts of many
hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your
own soul too."
Christmas
is finally here! We hope you have been blessed with our
Family Advent and that you will participate again next
year.
God
bless you today and througout the coming year!
Merry
Christmas!
End
with a GIANT GROUP HUG!
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