2024 Christmas Eve Service

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Well, good evening everyone. Merry Christmas. It's 501, so we're going to get started and just open in a word of prayer. We're glad that you've chosen to join us here at Living Hope. And this evening is a special time to not only, as we will at the end, light some candles that hopefully you're able to grab. I say candles, we'll all light candles, plural, but you will only light one candle, so. So grab one candle at the back. If you need one, you can raise your hand and someone can grab that for you. At the end of the service, we'll light that for our closing song. And until then, we'll sing Christmas songs that many of you know. We will also spend time in God's word as a few of us will come up and share just some short devotionals for each of the Advent candles that we have lit over the last few weeks. And it'll just be a special time to remember to celebrate the coming of Jesus and what he has done for us. So if you would bow your heads and pray with me and then we will stand and sing a couple songs together as we start. Dear Jesus, we firstly thank you for the opportunity to come together this evening to celebrate your coming into this world, the incarnation, as it's called, when you, a God who is eternal and forever, a God who is almighty and all knowing, came into a finite human body and not just became a man, a human like us, but a baby who was small, helpless to show us, yes, your incredible love for us, but also your desire to show us that you care about what's happening in our world. You became like us in your human form and yet remained perfect so that through your life, your death and your resurrection, we could have an incredible life changing relationship with you. And it's that that we celebrate this evening so as we worship you in the various ways that we will, as many others even around our community, are celebrating or worshiping you. Lord, we desire you to be honored, you to be glorified in this time in Jesus name. Amen. If you'd like, you could stand and sing. We're going to sing a couple songs before we go on with the rest of our service. So let's stand and sing together. [00:02:45] Speaker B: He and you. Well, God is with us beggars and kings Let us come and adore Him Rest in His peace and bow before him Sing all you people the Lord Almighty reign Sing every creature of God Come bless his name for he is good for he is good he was born to conquer the Grave light of the world the reason for Christmas Day Stars we have seen over deserts and oceans Harness was me never hopeless redemption came and his name is Jesus Sing all you people the Lord Almighty Sing every creature of God Come bless his name for he is good for he is good he was born to conquer the grave Light of the world the reason for Christmas Day from the mountains we will shout it out for the Lord our God Almighty reigns He is with us he is with us now for the Lord our God Almighty reigns From the mountains we will shout it out for the Lord our God Almighty reign With us, with us now for the Lord I got Almighty name Sing all you before the Lord Almighty reign Sing every creature of God Come bless his name for he is good for he is good he was born to conquer the grave Light of the world the reason for Christmas Sing all you people O Lord Almighty reigns Sing every creature of God Come bless his name for he is good for he is good he was born to conquer the grave Light of the world the reason for Christmas Day Light of the world Reason for Christmas Day Amen could you. [00:06:36] Speaker A: Turn that TV on back there? [00:06:37] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:06:42] Speaker A: Oh, come all ye faithful Get a little more traditional for you now we know that's what you came for For. [00:06:53] Speaker B: O come all ye faithful Joyful and triumphant O come ye O come ye to breath the hand Come and behold him Born the King of angels oh, come let us adore him O come let us adore him O come let us adore him Adore in Christ the Lord Sing chalt sing. All his glory to God all glory in the highest oh, come let us adore him oh, come let us adore him oh come let us adore him in Christ the Lord. [00:09:15] Speaker A: Yea, Lord. [00:09:26] Speaker B: On this happy morning Jesus to thee of glory give way of the Father Father now in flesh appearing O come let us adore him oh, come let us adore him O come let us adore in him Christ the Lord the Lord his name shall be Wonderful counselor. His name shall be Everlasting Father his name shall be Prince of Peace Mighty God his name shall be Emmanuel we'll praise your name forever we'll praise your name forever we'll praise your name forever Christ the Lord we'll praise your name forever we'll praise your name forever we'll praise your name forever Christ the Lord the Lord oh, His name shall be Wonderful counselor. His name shall be Everlasting Father his name shall be Prince of Peace Mighty God his name shall be. [00:12:28] Speaker A: You can be seated if you'd like. As I said at the beginning, we're going to be lighting these candles and before we do, just want to share what these candles are. Over the last four weeks leading up to Christmas, we've taken part in something, as many of you know, called Advent. This is a special time of waiting for the coming of something or someone great. And as you know, usually in our culture, waiting is to be avoided. How can we avoid the long lines is often what we desire. But Christ Jesus is more special than anything this world has to offer. And thus this season of waiting for the coming of our Savior is not to be done with speed, but rather it's to be savored. And that's what we do as we light these candles in progression over a course of weeks. Because of the promise of Jesus and this promise that has been longed for for so many by God fearing men and women before us, we are wise to remember and to join with them in this time of anticipation. So this year we began advent on December 1st. And we end this season of anticipation, of prayerful waiting today, tomorrow, as we celebrate the arrival of Jesus, the Advent season is an invitation to set our minds off of the stresses of the year prior, to take our focus off of the crazy hustle that can be associated with Christmas. To pause, to take a breath. And this is what can bring about in us a spirit of delight when we can rest from the rush of everything. Advent is a chance to focus our thoughts on the gift of God, his son, Jesus Christ, who stepped down from heaven and took the form of a human so that he could die a criminal's death, a death due us so that he could, yes, also rise again, conquering the power of death, so that our hope of a restored relationship with the Creator of the universe might be experienced yet again, as it was when he made everything perfect at the beginning. The first candle that will light today is the candle of hope or the prophets. And it symbolizes this promises delivered through the prophets of old, as well as the hope that you and I have in Christ Jesus. God crafted, beautifully crafted, a rescue plan and he laid it out for us in Scripture. We can read it and stand in awe and wonder as we see the people of God holding onto the promises of God. And time and time again, like you and I do today, we wander away from the ways of God. And God, being faithful, says, I will not leave you. Isn't that good, friends? I will not abandon you. I will hold true to the promises that I have laid out years prior. He says, I will be faithful even though you might not be faithful. The Bible gives us a glimpse of the future, the promises that God has made, coming again one day to make all things new, just to pause for a moment and look back at Micah chapter 5, verse 2, a promise of God before Jesus was born. And we see the faithfulness of God come true in this way. It says this, but Micah 5. 2 says, but you, Bethlehem, Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be a ruler over Israel, whose origins are from old, from ancient times. There we see a prophet saying, jesus will come. A ruler will come out of a small little town. Now here's something that's encouraging for me as I read that God can use the little unknown people in the world and places in the world to bring about something beautiful. He doesn't need to use the big capital cities or the people on the big platforms and stages for him to be glorified, but rather he can use something small, something tucked away. Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14 says, Therefore this is another prophecy about Jesus. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. The virgin will conceive, which is impossible in the natural world, and give birth to a son only, something that can be prophesied and come to pass, as we saw in the person of Jesus. And we will call him Emmanuel. Which means what? God with us, hundreds of years before Jesus came, was prophesied, yes, that he would come in a little town of Bethlehem, but not just that, that he would be a boy, which only God could know at a time like this. And also a promise of God saying in him, I will show you my presence in the midst of a broken world. I will be with you. Isaiah 9, 6, as we just sung moments ago, speaks about this child who was born. A son is given. The government will be upon his shoulders and he will be called. You know this. Perhaps you could say it after me. Wonderful. What mighty, everlasting Prince of peace. That's the God that we worship. That's the Savior who came, that we celebrate in this season of Christmas. Like the prophets of old, God's people are called to have hope in God through the birth, the death and the resurrection of Jesus. We saw God faithful as we look back, and we now can also be sure that he is faithful. Looking ahead in our own life. That can bring us encouragement even in seasons, like some are going through now in the season of Christmas, that can be hard. The promise of God come to pass. Lighting a candle is a simple yet profound act. It is A testimony to the power of light over darkness. The light of just one candle can push away darkness. We'll see that later on in our service. As we light this first candle, which I'll do in just a moment, we begin our journey to Christmas. The first candle of adventure is called the hope or prophet candle. As we anticipate Christmas, let us remember those who first spoke the promises of the coming Christ. The prophets. Hundreds of years before, Jesus said, a savior is coming and God is faithful. Amen. We know that he holds true with his promises. I'm going to light the first candle, and then we'll sing another. [00:19:51] Speaker B: Israel that mos in lonely exile until the Son of God. Please rejoice. Amen. Amen. Shall come to thee O here, O come thou dayst our spirits by thine end and death star shadow put to flight. Rejoice, rejoice. Amen. Shall come to thee for Israel O Jesus nations bound all peoples in one heart and mind hidden be strife and fill the whole world with heaven. Jesus Rejoice, Rejoice. Amen. You shall come to thee for Israel Rejoice. [00:22:51] Speaker C: Phillips Brooks was known as the most dynamic, an inspirational preacher in his day. And in his mid-20s, he became pastor of the Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia, and the church exploded in growth. But then the Civil War came. The mood in the church became very somber. The national spirit was dying, and too many people were wearing black because a loved one had been lost in battle. Brooks tried to be inspirational and encourage the church, and he hoped that the joy and the vitality would return when the war ended. But it did not. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and Brooks was asked to preach the President's funeral. And he reached deep. He found the appropriate words to say. But he later confessed that he was so burned out that he could not rekindle his own spiritual flame. So he asked the church for some time off, and he took a trip to the Holy Land, which is what every pastor should do when they are feeling burned out. Maybe that's why I went 50 times. Okay. But on Christmas Eve in Jerusalem, he mounted a horse. And at dusk when the first stars were out, he rode into the tiny village of Bethlehem and he lifted it, lifted his spirits up. Brooks talked about that. It lifted Brooks spirits to be within just a few feet of the spot where Jesus was born. And there was singing in the Church of the Nativity. And he felt surrounded by the very Spirit of God. He later wrote about that midnight service on Christmas Eve in 1865. Here's what he wrote. I remember standing in the old church in Bethlehem, close to the spot where Jesus was born, when the whole church was ringing hour after hour with the splendid hymns of praise to God. How again and again it seemed as if I could hear voices I knew well telling each other of the wonderful night of the Savior's birth when he returned. He wanted some way to express the stirring of his soul, and he decided it would be best communicated in a poem. And that was when O Little Town of Bethlehem was written. Lewis Redner, the church organist, he provided the tune, and the song was heard for the first time in December 27, 1868. And here are some of the verses. O little town of Bethlehem how still we see thee lie above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light the hopes and the fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight 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 O holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us, we pray Cast out our sin and enter in be born in us Today we hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell oh come to us abide with us Our Lord Emmanuel this evening, as we light the second candle that reminds us of Bethlehem and the love of God that was demonstrated in Christ at his coming, we think of John 3:16. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. But I hope tonight that the prayer in Brooke's song. I hope Brooke's prayer in the last verse of O Little Town of Bethlehem is our prayer tonight. I'm going to repeat it again. Then we'll sing it. O Holy Child of Bethlehem Descend on us, we pray Cast out our sin and enter in be born in us Today we hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell oh come to us Abide with us Our Lord Emmanuel Amen. [00:28:12] Speaker B: Above thy deep and dreamlessly the silent stars go by Then in thy dark street Shineth the everlasting light the hopes and fears of all the you For Christ is born of Mary and gathered all above one mortal sleep the angels keep their watch of wandering love O morning stars together proclaim the holy birth and praises sing to God the King and peace to the blessings of his death Though we may hear his coming but in this world of sin where meek souls will receive him still the dear Christ and enters in holy Child of God Descend to us, we pray Cast out our sin and enter in us today we hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell oh come to us Abide with us, our Lord Amen. [00:31:32] Speaker D: Well, you know, at a time and day when news cycles last about as long as you can sleep, you wake up and there's another new story, isn't there? It's like going to the Midwest and you say, well, I don't like the weather today. They say, well, just wake up tomorrow and it's going to be totally different. You're going to like it. News today is changing, and it's not always good, is it? We wake up, you can watch news 24 hours a day, and you seldom hear things that are good. You hear a lot of wars and rumors and wars. You hear a lot of violence and hatred and things that just do not bring peace and joy to this earth. But then one night, one night in a field dark and alone by themselves, we have this wonderful passage of scripture in Luke 2, and in the same region, there were shepherds out in the field keeping watch over their flock. By night, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior who is Christ the Lord. This good news is nothing new, really. We know that scripture is filled with this good news from Genesis all the way through the Old Testament. Pastor Duba read a couple passages of that promise. 39 books of the Bible dedicated, a sacrificial system dedicated to pointing to this wonderful good news that one day a messiah would be born, one day a savior would be born that would redeem us, that would reconcile us back to our creator, that would restore us to the relationship that God intended all along. That is great news. That is the news that the angels were so excited and just wanting to tell us, the people in this land today, that through Jesus Christ we can have this relationship with him forever, for all eternity. That is good news. That is magnificent news. That is the best news that we need to hear. And the only news that we need to focus on really, is the news of the gospel, that Jesus came to save us because God loved us. The good news continues. And Peter talked about this good news and the joy of this good news. In his letter to the Christians living at that time, in first Peter, chapter three, or chapter one, verses three through nine, says, blessed be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to the inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled and unfaithful, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while if necessary, you have been grieved by the various trials. So the tested genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that perishes, though is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him, though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with the glory obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. The good News continues, and the joy that we have continues in the endless new cycle that we live in every single day, knowing that if you watch too much of it, it's going to bring you down. But the more that we gaze into the scripture and we remind ourselves as God is so faithful, reminding us that the joy of our salvation will outlast anything that the world will throw at us. And as we light this candle representing the shepherds of the good news they received lowly and humble in their midst of the lowest part of life, not a whole lot of joy in what they did, but once they heard the news, they were filled with joy unspeakable, the same joy that we can experience each and every day. [00:36:29] Speaker A: Sa. [00:36:55] Speaker B: Receive the King and every heart preparing room and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and heaven and nature sing Joy to the world the Savior Wild hills and flood Rock hills and flame we make a sounding joy Repeat the sounding joy Repeating, repeat the sounding joy he rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations free you the glory is of his righteousness and wonders of his love and wonders of his life and wonders, wonders of his joyful joyfully Adore God of glory Lord of love My son for Christ before thee Opening to the Son of God Joyful, joyful God of glory hold me to the Son. [00:40:06] Speaker E: So the final candle. It's nice and quiet. I've been listening to just a dull roar the entire day. And so having A moment of silence is so peaceful. See what I did there? Thank you. Thank you. One of the songs that we sang on Sunday came upon a Midnight Clear. It has a verse that goes like this. But with the woes of sin and strife the world has suffered long beneath the angel strain have rolled 2,000 years of wrong and man at war with man hears not the love song which they bring. O hush the noise, ye men of strife and hear the angels sing. In Luke chapter two, the angels and the multitude of the heavenly host praising God, say, glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased. And yet there is so much strife and noise in the lives of this world. It gets very, very hard to always focus on what we should when it goes in Isaiah 9, where we look and see his names of wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of peace. We want it to be a sudden thing, an entire thing. And our lives just say, well, I know who God is, therefore I am at peace. And that's just not how it going to go. That's not our understanding of how this world is actually going to function. What we see is that when God looks at us and says, okay, well, there's an issue that we need to address. I have a solution. And when we stop for a moment and listen, and rather than being in strife, we take a moment to listen to, well, what did the angel say? The angel said, look, look, here's the deal. There's a God that loves you who is here. He has come. Turn to him. In Ephesians, we see it's even so much better. But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far off from being brought near by the blood of Christ, for He himself is our peace. He who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility. We were at a point where we couldn't be with God, but he loves us so much. He provides a way and says, I want you to be with me. And when we stop looking around the world for peace and we look to God and say, God, I want to have a peace. How do I have peace? God says, the peace in the world, that's nothing. Peace and relationship with me, that's everything. Suddenly I don't have to look this way to find a peace. When I drive or when I'm in a grocery store, for example, I don't have to find peace here. I get to look to God and say, God, I want to have this peace. I want to know this love that you have for me. I want to know that I get to be with you and God provided that way for us. And it's in Christmas time, in the midst of some of the most chaotic times that we're gonna have, that we get to just settle and go. Thank you, Jesus, for being here. Thank you here for loving me so much that I get to be with you. And let me take this season and this time to really just focus on you and say, I'm glad I get to be in this right relationship with you. [00:44:31] Speaker B: Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o'er the plains and the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong what the glad sometime which inspire your heavenly song Come to Bethlehem See Christ is worth the angels sing Come adore unbended Christ the Lord, the newborn King. [00:47:19] Speaker A: If you were going to do that fourth verse or not there, I didn't know either. Not supposed to say that out loud. Let's look at this. This last candle here we've been walking through, getting ready. We haven't lit this Christ candle yet. If you've been waiting for something you really, really want for a really long time, there's a unique kind of excitement that comes when the waiting is finally over. There's a tension in your soul. You know what I'm talking about. If you've been waiting, maybe even for a package to arrive or to see a person that you've been waiting to show up, who's been gone for a long. Maybe you've been waiting in line outside a movie theater or something. I don't know. There's crazy things people wait for. When you're finally come to the time that the waiting is done, there's a tension in your soul that is released. There's a pressure that's finally gone. There's maybe even a smile that lights up your face and a sigh of relief that comes without any effort when the waiting is over. Celebrating the end of Advent and the arrival of Christ at Christmas. When we do this, when we come to this time, there should be an even greater smile on our face, even a greater sigh of relief than any other waiting that takes place in our life. We have been reminded, even just in the last few minutes, of the hope of God's people that they had for thousands of years. We've been told of God's unfailing love for us. We've been encouraged to be reminded of the joy that we can have with the Lord Jesus because of the relationship we have. This way, not because of what we see around us and the peace that we can have in the world. Regardless of what's going on, the peace that we can truly experience between man and God is unmatched. There's these promises, this waiting that's been going on. And finally, we no longer have to wait. It's here, the waiting is done and Jesus has arrived. And so, as we think about lighting this last candle, John, chapter 1, verse, verses 9 through 14, speaks about the potency of light coming into a dark place. And there's a clear picture between the reality of actual light being lit in a dark room and Jesus, the light of the world, being stepping into the world we live in. Listen to what it says in verses 9 through 14 of John 1. The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him. Speaking of Jesus, the creator of all, yet the world did not know Him. He came to his own. We know he was born in Bethlehem, in Israel. His own people that he made, and his own people did not receive Him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name. This is what the Book of John, the Gospel of John is all about. Believe in the name of Jesus. He gave them the right to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God, by believing in Jesus Christ, stepping into the family of God. Verse 14 concludes and says this. The Word became flesh. That's the incarnation that we celebrate at Christmas. God becoming flesh and dwelt among us. He didn't just become flesh and then leave, but he lived among mankind. And thus we have seen his glory. Glory as of the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. Some chapters later, in chapter 8, verse 12, Jesus again. He's speaking and he says this. I am the light. Do you know this verse? I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me. It's an open invitation. Not just 2,000 years ago and the voice of Jesus, but today. Friends, today the voice of Jesus speaks again. His word is this. Whoever, wherever you are in life, whoever follows me. Whoever sees the light in the midst of darkness and chooses to ignore the darkness and walk towards the light. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness. This is a promise of Jesus. Yes, 2,000 years ago, but also today, as we light this last candle that reminds us of Jesus coming into the world. He says, the world is dark, but whoever follows me, you no longer have to live in darkness. But rather, you will have the light of life. As we light this last candle in a minute, we're celebrating the end of Advent, the end of the waiting period, and the arrival of Christ, the arrival of the true light of the world. And as we do, we have to remember that God became small. He became human. Not just human, but a baby. So that we could both personally know him even as he walked on the Earth 2,000 years ago, but also today so that we can eternally know Him. I'm going to light this candle, and then I'm going to pause and just kind of give us some guidance for what we'll do in just a minute here as we light the candles you have in your hand. But as I light this candle, there's a word, it's hallelujah. And it means this praise the Lord. And I feel like that's an appropriate thing to say as we consider lighting, as we light this last candle, because we have seen his promises come true, and Jesus really is someone that we should praise God for. Amen. So can we say hallelujah as I light this candle in your hands, you have hopefully, a small unlit candle. Maybe you'll look down at the wick on there. Just maybe prop that up. As we think about lighting this candle, we're gonna. In a minute here, we're gonna stand and we're gonna light these candles. But as we do that, I want you to just think about this concept, the light. The lights of Christmas around us point us to the light of Christmas. It's by no accident at all that lights seem to be a theme at Christmas time. We like to drive around and look at all of the beautiful Christmas lights. But here's the reality. All of the beautiful Christmas lights that we like to go look at are nothing in comparison to the beauty of Jesus. And so as we drive around, as you may even drive around in the next day or two or three, and you see the beautiful lights and you ooh in awe at all of the things that people have made. Their creativity was given to them by Jesus, firstly. And secondly, as you look at the beauty of those lights, remember, Jesus is more beautiful and he's worth much more of our attention than any lights that shine at Christmas time. I'm going to light this candle, and as I do, it's a symbol of this Jesus light. That is true, that is eternal. It was lit and he called us to trust in him, to move towards him and to take the light from him. I'm going to invite Pastor Carl, Pastor Les, and Gerald to come forward. And as they do, I want to just demonstrate for you how your candles and your hands are going to be lit. And friends, this is important because we would like the building to remain standing after today. And so it's important that you pay attention to how to light this. Just as the Christ candle did not move, but I moved to go receive the light, so too, if you do not have the light in your hand, you move to go receive it. Let me show you with Pastor Les, I'm going to not move, and he's going to come and receive the light, and he can just say thank you as he receives the light. Just as we are able to move towards someone else and receive the light of Jesus Christ, we say thank you. Thank you for showing me the beauty of the gospel. Have Pastor Carl and Gerald come forward and take this candle. They're going to move. A couple of them will move to the back and light some candles. And Pastor Les or a couple of us will stay forward and light the candles. And as we do, we'll sing Silent Night, maybe another song. We'll see. But as we do, if you would stand right now, we're going to be standing as we sing this last song together. You all know the words, so pay attention to the flames in front of you as well. [00:55:42] Speaker B: Silent night Virgin mother and child holy. [00:56:35] Speaker D: Thank you. [00:57:01] Speaker B: Sa. Christ the Savior is born Christ the Savior is born Holy night Son of God Love your light Ray and peace from thy holy face with the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus Lord Jesus Lord Silent night Holy night Wondrous star Angels, let us sing alleluia to our king Christ the Savior is born. [00:59:46] Speaker A: Christ the Savior is born it's beautiful looking around and seeing the lights in front of you all. Just a reminder of the presence of God in our life. Let's close in prayer. Dear Jesus, we are here to worship you. We are here because you are worthy of our praise. Thank you for being a God who is faithful as you promised to so many, that you would send a savior and you did. Thank you for your love for us. That a God who so loved the world sent Jesus that whoever believes in him would not perish but have eternal life. Thank you for sending the angels who declared that we could have joy because of you, that we could experience peace because of you. This Christmas season, today, tomorrow, the next few days, as we spend time with one another, help us to be ambassadors of the light that you have put inside of us, that when people see us, they see your light and you are glorified. You are magnified in us. In Jesus name, Amen. Amen. Thank you, sir. [01:01:21] Speaker B: It's. [01:01:47] Speaker D: It.