Podcasts about o come let us adore him

The sermon from the Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024, worship service of Atlanta First United Methodist Church by Lead Pastor Rev. Jasmine R. Smothers. “O Come Let Us Adore Him” in the worship series “Unwrapping the Gift of Joy.” Scripture lessons: Isaiah 9:2-7 (New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition) and Luke 2:1-20 (King James Version).*Notice: due to a technical malfunction during recording, there is a portion of audio missing during the reading of the Gospel lesson. We apologize for the error.Support the show

HEY GIRLIES! Its our favorite time of year, ADVENT! We apologize for the technical difficulties making this episode a week late, but you know what they say... BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! ANYWAYYYYYY- welcome to the podcast, Rob Long! Rob and I met through Poppie's, which now carries his book, "O Come Let Us Adore Him" as we draw our hearts and minds to the Lord during this precious time of year! We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did, and we highly encourage you to purchase his book on Amazon for this time of year, or all year long. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodgraceclub/support

Put a smile on your face, tie some jingle bells on your feet, and get moving with Alisa today! She's bringing the merry in our 2023 Christmas episode that will delight your heart as you move in this interval workout. You can take this episode to the gym, on a walk, a run, or a bike ride—you can even press play on this while you wrap the presents! She's teaching on Luke 2:8-20 where Alisa reminds us that it's time to get rowdy praising and glorying God for all He's done this year. As you'll hear Alisa remind us, let's throw down our expectations and pick expectancy in this season. A BIG announcement is coming tomorrow! If you're looking for one place to nurture your body, mind, and spirit and grow alongside others in a safe community, this is for you! So check your email and head to the socials to see what's coming your way!  While we're on break next week on the Revelation Wellness Podcast, here are some great episodes to keep you company! #853 REVING the Word "A Great Light" #754 Be Still and Be Loved "A Christmas Edition" #753 REVING the Word "Christmas Weakness is God's Way In"    #638 REVING the Word "I Wonder" We love our Rev community and think you will, too! Be sure to get connected with us at: The Official Revelation Wellness Facebook / Instagram / RevWell TV / Youtube   Your reviews matter to us and help spread the good news, so please leave us one where you listen to your podcast! If we read your review on our show, we'll send you a gift from the Revelation Wellness Store!   We'd also love to hear from you! So please leave us a VOICE MESSAGE here!  Tell us what you thought about this episode and how God met you in this episode. Playlist:  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (2:33) Carol of the Bells - Lindsey Stirling (2:48)  Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (3:06) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 (2:20)  Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (2:45)  Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3:25) All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4:02) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore) - Maverick City Christmas (11:46) Come Let Us Adore Him - ELEVATION

Put a smile on your face, tie some jingle bells on your feet, and get moving with Alisa today! She's bringing the merry in our 2023 Christmas episode that will delight your heart as you move in this interval workout. You can take this episode to the gym, on a walk, a run, or a bike ride—you can even press play on this while you wrap the presents! She's teaching on Luke 2:8-20 where Alisa reminds us that it's time to get rowdy praising and glorying God for all He's done this year. As you'll hear Alisa remind us, let's throw down our expectations and pick up expectancy this season. A BIG announcement is coming tomorrow! If you're looking for one place to nurture your body, mind, and spirit and grow alongside others in a safe community, this is for you! So check your email and head to the socials to see what's coming your way!  While we're on break next week on the Revelation Wellness Podcast, here are some great episodes to keep you company! #853 REVING the Word "A Great Light" #754 Be Still and Be Loved "A Christmas Edition" #753 REVING the Word "Christmas Weakness is God's Way In"  #638 REVING the Word "I Wonder" Become a Revelation Wellness Donor today! Click here or text RWDONATE to 801801. Your generosity helps make podcasts like these possible! We love our Rev community and think you will, too! Be sure to get connected with us at: The Official Revelation Wellness Facebook / Instagram / RevWell TV / Youtube   Your reviews matter to us and help spread the good news, so please leave us one where you listen to your podcast! If we read your review on our show, we'll send you a gift from the Revelation Wellness Store!   We'd also love to hear from you! So please leave us a VOICE MESSAGE here!  Tell us what you thought about this episode. Playlist:  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (2:33) Carol of the Bells - Lindsey Stirling (2:48)  Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (3:06) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 (2:20)  Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (2:45)  Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 (Instrumental) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3:25) All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4:02) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore) - Maverick City Christmas (11:46) Come Let Us Adore Him - ELEVATION

This is a throwback REVING the Word that you can press play on all season long! Alisa's getting our bodies moving with a fun interval workout to our favorite holiday songs. It's a perfect podcast to take on a walk, a bike, a hike, or even decorate the Christmas tree while listening! Originally aired in 2020, this episode speaks to us as much today as it did then. She's focusing on Isaiah 9:2 today, and it's all about the great light only found in Him. So press play, get moving, and let joy be your teacher this Christmas season!  Other verses mentioned: Genesis 1:1, 1 Timothy 4 Don't forget!! We're partnering with author, pastor, and speaker Faith Eury Cho for a fun book giveaway! Leave a thoughtful podcast review on Apple Podcasts by December 7 to win Faith's new book, Experiencing Friendship with God, and a copy of Alisa's The Body Revelation!  We love our Rev community and think you will, too! Be sure to get connected with us at: The Official Revelation Wellness Facebook / Instagram / RevWell TV / Youtube   Your reviews matter to us and help spread the good news, so please leave us one where you listen to your podcast! If we read your review on our show, we'll send you a gift from the Revelation Wellness Store!   We'd also love to hear from you! So please leave us a VOICE MESSAGE here!  Tell us what you thought about this episode and how God met you in this episode. Playlist:  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (2:33) Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (3:06) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 (2:20) December (Based on “September”) - Earth, Wind & Fire (3:40) Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (2:45) Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3:25) We Wish You a Merry Christmas - John Williams (4:15) All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4:02) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore & Jeckalyn Carr) - Maverick City Music (11:46) O Holy Night (feat. Lizzie Morgan) - Maverick City Music (6:44)    

This is a throwback REVING the Word that you can press play on all season long! Alisa's getting our bodies moving with a fun interval workout to our favorite holiday songs. It's a perfect podcast to take on a walk, a bike, a hike, or even decorate the Christmas tree while listening! Originally aired in 2020, this episode speaks to us as much today as it did then. She's focusing on Isaiah 9:2 today, and it's all about the great light only found in Him. So press play, get moving, and let joy be your teacher this Christmas season!  Other verses mentioned: Genesis 1:1, 1 Timothy 4 Don't forget!! We're partnering with author, pastor, and speaker Faith Eury Cho for a fun book giveaway! Leave a thoughtful podcast review on Apple Podcasts by December 7 to win Faith's new book, Experiencing Friendship with God, and a copy of Alisa's The Body Revelation!  We love our Rev community and think you will, too! Be sure to get connected with us at: The Official Revelation Wellness Facebook / Instagram / RevWell TV / Youtube   Your reviews matter to us and help spread the good news, so please leave us one where you listen to your podcast! If we read your review on our show, we'll send you a gift from the Revelation Wellness Store!   We'd also love to hear from you! So please leave us a VOICE MESSAGE here!  Tell us what you thought about this episode and how God met you in this episode. Playlist:  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (2:33) Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (3:06) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 (2:20) December (Based on “September”) - Earth, Wind & Fire (3:40) Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (2:45) Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3:25) We Wish You a Merry Christmas - John Williams (4:15) All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4:02) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore & Jeckalyn Carr) - Maverick City Music (11:46) O Holy Night (feat. Lizzie Morgan) - Maverick City Music (6:44)    

Micah 5:2 — The story of the human race points to Bethlehem. The focal point of history is Bethlehem. Everything in the Scriptures points to Bethlehem. In this Christmas sermon on Micah 5:2 titled “O Come Let Us Adore Him,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones brings out the marvelous character of the season. But how does one respond to the Christmas season? Do they marvel at it? Are they amazed by it? Often people are distracted by many other messages during this time. Listen as Dr Lloyd-Jones looks at Micah 5:2 in order to move the church to adore the great Savior Jesus Christ. In this message, Dr. Lloyd-Jones says Christians marvel at Bethlehem because it is where God's promises are fulfilled. In Bethlehem, God the Father was vindicating His character and proving Himself to be faithful, beginning in Genesis 3. What is more, it is in Bethlehem that the eternal counsel by the triune God was made manifest as the Son of God came to earth. Jesus Christ was just like every other babe, for He was fully human. But He was unlike every other babe in that He is from everlasting. Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones connects the promises of God from the Old Testament to their fulfillment in the babe in the manger. He encourages the listener to come, adore, and marvel at the mystery of Bethlehem.

This is the fourth sermon in our sermon series entitle O Come Let Us Adore Him, talking about how the songs we sing at Christmas display the glory of God and draw us in to worship Him. For more information about Northfield Community Church in Northfield, MN, go to our website - northfieldcc.org

A Sermon on Micah 5:2 - The story of the human race points to Bethlehem. The focal point of history is Bethlehem. Everything in the Scriptures points to Bethlehem. In this Christmas sermon on Micah 5:2 titled O Come Let Us Adore Him, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones brings out the marvelous character of the season. But how does one respond to the Christmas season? Do they marvel at it? Are they amazed by it? Often people are distracted by many other messages during this time. Listen as Dr Lloyd-Jones looks at Micah 5:2 in order to move the church to adore the great Savior Jesus Christ. In this message, Dr. Lloyd-Jones says Christians marvel at Bethlehem because it is where God's promises are fulfilled. In Bethlehem, God the Father was vindicating His character and proving Himself to be faithful, beginning in Genesis 3. What is more, it is in Bethlehem that the eternal counsel by the triune God was made manifest as the Son of God came to earth. Jesus Christ was just like every other babe, for He was fully human. But He was unlike every other babe in that He is from everlasting. Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones connects the promises of God from the Old Testament to their fulfillment in the babe in the manger. He encourages the listener to come, adore, and marvel at the mystery of Bethlehem. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/603/29

A Sermon on Micah 5:2 - The story of the human race points to Bethlehem. The focal point of history is Bethlehem. Everything in the Scriptures points to Bethlehem. In this Christmas sermon on Micah 5:2 titled O Come Let Us Adore Him, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones brings out the marvelous character of the season. But how does one respond to the Christmas season? Do they marvel at it? Are they amazed by it? Often people are distracted by many other messages during this time. Listen as Dr Lloyd-Jones looks at Micah 5:2 in order to move the church to adore the great Savior Jesus Christ. In this message, Dr. Lloyd-Jones says Christians marvel at Bethlehem because it is where God's promises are fulfilled. In Bethlehem, God the Father was vindicating His character and proving Himself to be faithful, beginning in Genesis 3. What is more, it is in Bethlehem that the eternal counsel by the triune God was made manifest as the Son of God came to earth. Jesus Christ was just like every other babe, for He was fully human. But He was unlike every other babe in that He is from everlasting. Listen as Dr. Lloyd-Jones connects the promises of God from the Old Testament to their fulfillment in the babe in the manger. He encourages the listener to come, adore, and marvel at the mystery of Bethlehem. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/603/29

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This is the third sermon in our sermon series entitle O Come Let Us Adore Him, talking about how the songs we sing at Christmas display the glory of God and draw us in to worship Him. For more information about Northfield Community Church in Northfield, MN, go to our website - northfieldcc.org

This is the second sermon in our sermon series entitle O Come Let Us Adore Him, talking about how the songs we sing at Christmas display the glory of God and draw us in to worship Him. For more information about Northfield Community Church in Northfield, MN, go to our website - northfieldcc.org

This is the first sermon in our sermon series entitle O Come Let Us Adore Him, talking about how the songs we sing at Christmas display the glory of God and draw us in to worship Him. For more information about Northfield Community Church in Northfield, MN, go to our website - northfieldcc.org

Due to the snow and icy conditions at the church facility, we are not holding in-person worship service on Sunday, January 2. But our pastor and worship team will be assembling so that we can all worship together online at the usual time of 10:45 AM (Pacific Time). We also will record it so that you can participate at a later time. This is the Audio-only version recorded for Sunday, January 2, 2022. It is also available in Video format through our YouTube channel. Click on the "Notes Icon" (the little image of a notepad) to get the sermon study notes for this week. ORDER OF SERVICE: We will open our service by singing “O Come Let Us Adore Him” and “Emmanuel” (on-screen lyrics in the video recording). Listen to the message titled "The Sea and Sky Come Alive,” preached by Pastor Dave Marksbury from Genesis 1:20-23. This is message #9 in the new sermon series, “Genesis: Our Firm Foundation.” Messages in the series are made available in both video and audio-only recordings; visit our website for more information. After this message, sing again with our worship team: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” “Come On Ring Those Bells,” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” Join us in prayer, then listen to the church announcements. Enjoy the mini-movie “His Name is Jesus.” Next, we will have a "One Year Bible Reading" update. We will conclude the service by singing “Ring the Bells.”

O Come Let Us Adore Him. Watch the full service here. The post Christmas Eve 2021 appeared first on Wooddale Church.

Press play on this faith-based fitness podcast the next time you go for a walk, run, hike, bike or anytime you are moving your body. Each podcast leads you through a coached Christian workout while speaking God's word over you with upbeat worship music to inspire you as you move. Sign up for CLEAN HEARTING TODAY! Join us on mission & donate to our end of year giving campaign TODAY! Join The Official Revelation Wellness Facebook community page.  Playlist:  All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4:02) What Child Is This? - Vince Guaraldi Trio (2:25) Joy (To the World) (feat. Ryan Ellis) - Life.Church Worship (3:21) Carol of the Bells - Lindsey Stirling (2:48) Little Drummer Boy (Live) - for KING & COUNTRY (4:38) Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Bruce Springsteen (4:28) Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (3:50) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (2:50) Star of Wonder - JJ Heller (3:02) King of Kings - Chandler Moore & Essential Worship (4:43) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore & Jekalyn Carr) - Maverick City Music (11:46) Christmas Is Here - JJ Heller (4:02)

Matthew 2.1-12--O Come Let Us Adore Him by Jerad File

12/20/2021 | This day's featured sermon on SermonAudio: Title: O Come Let Us Adore Him Subtitle: Pulpit Supply 2020 Speaker: Dr. Curt D. Daniel Broadcaster: Faith Bible Church Event: Special Meeting Date: 12/24/2020 Bible: Matthew 2:1-11 Length: 30 min.

Press play on this faith-based fitness podcast the next time you go for a walk, run, hike, bike or anytime you are moving your body. Each podcast leads you through a coached Christian workout while speaking God's word over you with upbeat worship music to inspire you as you move. Sign up for CLEAN HEARTING TODAY! Join us on mission & donate to our end of year giving campaign TODAY! Join The Official Revelation Wellness Facebook community page.  Playlist:  All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey (4:02) What Child Is This? - Vince Guaraldi Trio (2:25) Joy (To the World) (feat. Ryan Ellis) - Life.Church Worship (3:21) Carol of the Bells - Lindsey Stirling (2:48) Little Drummer Boy (Live) - for KING & COUNTRY (4:38) Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Bruce Springsteen (4:28) Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson (3:50) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love (2:50) Star of Wonder - JJ Heller (3:02) King of Kings - Chandler Moore & Essential Worship (4:43) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore & Jekalyn Carr) - Maverick City Music (11:46) Christmas Is Here - JJ Heller (4:02)

Mike Plewniak continues our Advent series with this week's message titled "O Come Let Us Adore Him" from Micah 5:2 and Luke 2:1-7

Mike Plewniak continues our Advent series with this week's message titled "O Come Let Us Adore Him" from Micah 5:2 and Luke 2:1-7

Speaker: Chantel Daniels Taken from our Christmas carol service, O Come Let Us Adore Him

The true story surrounding Christmas is filled with mysteries and impossibilities. A virgin receives a mystical visitation from a being that tells her that she has been chosen by God and that she will be overshadowed by the Holy Spirit of God, conceive a child and that that child will be great and save His people from their sins. A promised husband finds out she is pregnant and plans to quietly put her away but he also has a mystical angelic encounter where he is instructed from another realm what he should do. All of this is very much not normal behavior and yet we read it as if it is normal. Still, the entire story is filled with unbelievable impossibilities. Songs Glory In The Highest, O Come Let Us Adore Him, O Holy Night, Call Him Links Show Notes: https://bible.com/events/48807938 All Things Legacy Church: https://legacy478.info Support Us: https://legacy478.com/give #uncluttered #christmas #legacychurch #josiahpalmer #december2021 #church #sermon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/legacy478/message

Adoration means to worship God for Who He is. The miracle of Christmas is that when we see Jesus, we see One who is fully man and fully God. When we see Him for who He really is, it leads us to adoration, and when we engage in adoration, it causes us to see Him more fully. O Come Let Us Adore Him!

Adoration means to worship God for Who He is. The miracle of Christmas is that when we see Jesus, we see One who is fully man and fully God. When we see Him for who He really is, it leads us to adoration, and when we engage in adoration, it causes us to see Him more fully. O Come Let Us Adore Him!

We are recording our in-person worship service (10:45 AM on Sunday) each week for folks who can't join us in person. This is the Audio-only version recorded for Sunday, June 20, 2021. It is also available in Video format through our YouTube channel. Click on the "Notes Icon" (the little image of a notepad) to get the sermon study notes for this week. ORDER OF SERVICE: Sing our opening songs, "O Come Let Us Adore Him” and “I Love You Lord" (on-screen lyrics in the video recording). Listen to the message "The Lamb and His Bride” (Part B), preached by Pastor Dave Marksbury from Revelation 19:7-10. This message is part of the multi-week sermon series "Revelation: God's Final Call." (Prior messages in the series are available in both video and audio-only recordings). Sing: "Blessed Be the Name,” and "All I Have.” Join us in prayer, listen to the church announcements and a "One Year Bible Reading" update. Enjoy a special mini-movie for Father's Day, “The Word on Fathers.” Our closing song is "When We All Get to Heaven."

Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child, Joy to the World, O Come Let Us Adore Him, Oh How He Loves You and Me

We are recording our in-person worship service (10:45 AM on Sunday) each week for folks who can't join us in person. This is the Audio-only version recorded for Sunday, December 27, 2020. It is also available in Video format through our YouTube channel. Click on the "Notes Icon" (the little image of a notepad) to get the sermon study notes for this week. ORDER OF SERVICE: Sing our opening songs, "O Come Let Us Adore Him” and “There is a Fountain" (on-screen lyrics in the video recording). Listen to the message "The War in Heaven” preached by Pastor Dave Marksbury from Revelation 12:7-12. This message is part of the multi-week sermon series "Revelation: God's Final Call." (Prior messages in the series are available in both video and audio-only recordings). Sing: "A Mighty Fortress" and then enjoy the special Christmas song, "Mary, Did You Know?” Join us in prayer, listen to the church announcements and a "One Year Bible Reading" update. Our closing song is "Just As I Am."

Enjoy this REVING The Word podcast/workout with Alisa Keeton, the founder of Revelation Wellness®.  Push Play the next time you go for a walk, run, hike, bike or anytime you are moving your body.  Each podcast leads you through a coached workout while speaking God's word over you and is supported by inspirational and uplifting music.   SIGN UP FOR THE SUGAR FAST TODAY! SIGN UPS CLOSE JANUARY 8, 2021 Playlist:  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (2:33) Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (3:06) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 (2:20) December (Based on “September”) - Earth, Wind & Fire (3:40) Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (2:45) Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3:25) We Wish You a Merry Christmas - John Williams (4:15) All I Want for Christmas Is you - Mariah Carey (4:02) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore & Jeckalyn Carr) - Maverick City Music (11:46) O Holy Night (feat. Lizzie Morgan) - Maverick City Music (6:44)

Enjoy this REVING The Word podcast/workout with Alisa Keeton, the founder of Revelation Wellness®.  Push Play the next time you go for a walk, run, hike, bike or anytime you are moving your body.  Each podcast leads you through a coached workout while speaking God's word over you and is supported by inspirational and uplifting music.   SIGN UP FOR THE SUGAR FAST TODAY! SIGN UPS CLOSE JANUARY 8, 2021 Playlist:  It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams (2:33) Sleigh Ride - The Ronettes (3:06) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 (2:20) December (Based on “September”) - Earth, Wind & Fire (3:40) Run Rudolph Run - Chuck Berry (2:45) Christmas/Sarajevo 12/24 - Trans-Siberian Orchestra (3:25) We Wish You a Merry Christmas - John Williams (4:15) All I Want for Christmas Is you - Mariah Carey (4:02) O Come Let Us Adore Him (feat. Chandler Moore & Jeckalyn Carr) - Maverick City Music (11:46) O Holy Night (feat. Lizzie Morgan) - Maverick City Music (6:44)

December 14, 2020 - O Come Let Us Adore Him

Week 3 of 4 O Come All Ye Faithful Love (Matthew 2:14-20) Brian Jennings; 12/20/20 Adoration is a response to love. What is a way that you adore Jesus? What's the worst news Herod could possibly imagine? Matthew 2:1-3 (14-15) We don't know much about the Magi. They traveled a great distance. Not weeks; but months or years. It's worth it. Jesus is King; O Come Let Us Adore Him. Matthew 2:4-8 (16-18) God so often uses the least of these, the weak, the vulnerable, the outcasts, the humble, the no-named, the unexpected. Whom has God used that surprised you? What did you learn through this? Matthew 2:9-12 (19-20) What kind of king were the Magi expecting to meet? 3 gifts. Gold – for a king Frankincense – sacrificial Myrrh – medicine for suffering; also for burial An angel warns Joseph in a dream. They got up in the middle of the night, and fled to Egypt. How would an experience like this shape your perspective? Learning from the Magi Adore the King – no matter the cost, without delay. Go with community. Worship Jesus, not your expectations. When Jesus is different than you once thought, change your thoughts.  (23) When life doesn't go as planned, conform your plans. When earthly kings seduce you to worship them, commit to worshiping Jesus. Jesus adores you.

O Come Let Us Adore Him Preacher: Rev. Murdo M Campbell Lord's Day Morning Date: 20th December 2020 Time: 11:00

Peter Little continues our series "O Come Let Us Adore Him" through Luke 1:46-56.

Ever wonder what really happens when we worship? Join Pastor Erica Giesow for Week 2 of "O Come Let Us Adore Him".

Peter Little continues our series "O Come Let Us Adore Him" through Hebrews 10:24-25.

Ever wonder WHY we worship? Join Pastor Eric Giesow as he helps us find our WHY behind worship in Week 1 of our series "O Come Let Us Adore Him".

Pastor Peter begins a series entitled “O Come Let Us Adore Him” through John 1:35-46.

Click Here to Listen to the other parts in the seriesCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 1) - A Call to AdventCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 2) - Being StillCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 3) - Introducing Your Kids to the SaviorCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 4) - His Savior NamesCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 5) - Remembering Christ at ChristmasFamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript  References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. His Savior Names Guests:                      Dennis and Barbara Rainey and Laura Rainey Dries                From the series:       Celebrating Advent (Day 4 of 5)Air date:                     December 1, 2016______________________________________________________________________________ Bob:  The Christmas season gives all of us the opportunity to be talking more easily and more comfortably with friends or family members about who Jesus is. Here's Barbara Rainey. Barbara:  This good friend of ours had the great privilege of leading his son to Christ as a result of focusing on the names of Christ at Christmas. I think that's what God is calling all of us to do. He's calling all of us to settle things and make things right with Him. Christmas is a wonderful time to do that, because we're naturally thinking about Jesus being born in Bethlehem. It's a perfect opportunity for moms and dads to help your kids understand what a decision for Christ looks like and why that's the most important decision they'll ever make. Bob:  This is FamilyLife Today for Thursday, December 1st. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine.  1:00 Are you thinking, and planning, and strategizing about ways you could take advantage of spiritual opportunities in your family or among your friends during the holiday season? We'll talk more about that today. Stay with us. And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us on the Thursday edition. It's actually the first day of December. This is the first day of the last month of the year, and the last month we'll be celebrating our 40th anniversary as a ministry. Dennis:  You're exactly right. It's been a great year to celebrate 40 years. FamilyLife has been, for 40 years, the Proud Sponsor of Anniversaries™—not ours—yours. I read a great letter recently, Bob, from a couple, whom you mentioned, congratulating them on their 70th. Bob:  That was great—back in August; yes. Dennis:  Seventy years of marriage—just a great letter of how their friends at church heard it and they thought: “You guys are famous! You're on FamilyLife Today!” [Laughter]  2:00 Well, 70 years deserves a celebration; and you know what? There's another season that demands celebration as well—that's Christmas. We want to help you do a better job of doing that. Before we talk about how we're going to help you celebrate Christmas—Bob, in our family, when I was growing up, we had a time when the family would come together around the dinner table and we'd say, “There's something important we need to talk about.” It didn't happen many times but enough times that I knew, as a young lad, this was important.  You know what? We're at a table here—kind of a dinner table of sorts. I'm asking the listener to scoot up a chair and just listen as I invite you to become a part of FamilyLife's mission. We need you. We need you to stand with us as we stand alongside you—as a single person, married, parent, grandparent—with God's blueprints for marriage and family.  3:00 This ministry's made possible—our mission of supporting families—is made possible by folks like you. As you slide the chair up to the table, maybe you can slide your checkbook out on the table and write a check; because that's what makes this broadcast possible. I just want folks to know we believe this is the mission of the hour for our country, and we need you to stand with us if you believe that as well. Bob:  And there is a significant incentive right now. If you're able to help with a donation, there's a matching gift that has been made available to us, here at FamilyLife. We've asked our friend, Michelle Hill, to be our matching-gift monitor throughout the month of December. Can you give us the details on how the matching gift is working? Michelle:  Sure, Bob. Here's how it works—first of all, the matching fund is $1.25 million. When listeners make a donation in December, their donation is actually going to be tripled by money drawn from this matching-gift fund.  4:00 Let's say somebody gives $50. Well, we're able to draw $100 from the matching fund so that the total gift becomes $150. I'll keep tabs on how things are going throughout the month; and of course, keep you up to date! Bob:  Well, we will check in with you regularly throughout the month. We'd love to have you join us in the work of FamilyLife. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com—make a donation online; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make a yearend donation. Or you can mail your donation to FamilyLife Today at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. We hope to hear from you, here, between now and the end of the year. Dennis:  We sure do. I just want to remind you: “Christmas is about family. It's about love; and it's about giving, because ‘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.'”  5:00 Early in our marriage—I'll never forget—Barbara came to me and she said: “You know, I am just kind of sick and tired of the messages of the culture. How can we train our children to be more about gift giving than gift receiving?” We put our heads together—we started asking people. I don't know who shared it with us, but somebody—it wasn't us—originated the idea that, instead of lining up all your presents that you're going to open for yourself / instead, line up all your presents that you want to give to others. In fact, I'm looking out to the audience that's out there listening to us tape this program right now— Bob:  A small audience—we have about five or six— Dennis:  It's not— Bob:  And we have your wife Barbara joining us again today. Barbara—welcome back to FamilyLife Today.   Barbara:  Thank you. Bob:  But we do have a studio audience that includes your daughter, Laura. 6:00 Dennis:  Come on back in here, Laura, into the studio. Share with our audience what you used to think about as you used to have to get all your gifts that you were going to give rather than all of the gifts that you were going to get. Laura:  Well, honestly, it just changed the perspective between my siblings. It became kind of like a game of who's going to get to give first and, “Which gift am I most excited about giving?” I just remember thinking: “Oh, I know Ashley is going to love this. I can't wait to give her this gift!” It just changed the perspective. Instead of thinking, “Oh, I wonder what's in that box for me,”—[it was]—“I hope they like what's in this box for them.” Bob:  Okay; but I heard a story about an awful, terrible Christmas— Laura:  Oh! Yes! Bob:  —where everybody—you know what I'm talking about? Laura:  This is amazing. I hope this is the one you're talking about! Bob:  Is it the hair dryer story? Laura:  Yes! It had nothing to do with me, which makes it even a lot better; right? [Laughter] Dennis:  Some of our regular listeners have heard this before; but it is worth revisiting, because this is a Rainey classic right here. 7:00 Laura:  Well, Samuel, my older brother, came up with it; because one year, my older sister, Rebecca, said all she wanted for Christmas was a hair dryer. Barbara:  All she wanted— Laura:  “The one thing— Barbara:  —the one thing. Laura:  —“I need this year, guys, from all of you is a hair dryer.” So Samuel thought: “Perfect! We'll all get her hair dryers.” [Laughter] So we all got a hair dryer. Maybe he went to WalMart®; I can't remember. Barbara:  No; he and I went—Samuel and I went to K-Mart®. We bought six hair dryers. I kept the receipt, because I knew we'd be returning five. Laura:  Yes. Barbara:  But when we walked out of there, we giggled and we laughed—it was so much fun. Laura:  So, it was just a large prank. It turned Christmas morning into something that we all thought was hilarious. Lots of tears after about the third or fourth hair dryer that Rebecca opened [Laughter]:  “Did you guys not talk to each other? What happened?! How did you do this all together?” We all thought it was great; and then, it was not funny to Rebecca at all. Bob:  Were there some backup presents in the— Laura:  Oh, absolutely. We all had backup presents. Bob:  So you didn't just stick her with six hair dryers.  Laura:  —and say, “Good luck!”—right. [Laughter] Bob:  And it wasn't your favorite Christmas; huh? 8:00 Laura:  No; I don't think so. Dennis:  But the point is—we wanted our family to focus on gift giving—because, really, Christmas is about God giving His Son, Jesus Christ, to come and be our Savior.  What Barbara's been working on for families for the past, really, five years is to help you, as a family, know how to best celebrate Christmas and what God was trying to communicate through His Son Jesus Christ. She's done that through a series of ornaments that she's calling Adorenaments®, all around the song, O Come Let Us Adore Him. You've now created 30 different, unique ornaments that are beautiful, but also meaningful, around the names of Christ. 9:00 Barbara:  Yes; we have. It's been a great privilege to be able to create these and to help families make their Christmas tree about Jesus instead of your Christmas tree looking like Santa Clauses, and reindeers, and all kinds of things that have nothing to do with Christmas—not that those things are bad—but those of us, who worship Christ—our Christmas tree should say something about Jesus. Our trees should say something about the reason for the season, which is His coming to earth, as you said in John 3:16, to save us and to redeem us. Dennis:  And one of the things that Barbara did in our family was—every Christmas Eve, she would wrap up an ornament. She would give each of the kids an ornament that she had bought a year earlier, after they went on sale the day after Christmas. Barbara:  True. Dennis:  It really is true—that's how she did it. They were really beautiful ornaments, but none of them—I don't think a single one of them—had much to do with the real reason for Christmas. Barbara:  Well, if I could have found some, that would be what I would have purchased for our kids. One of our daughters collected angels; so I tried to find her angel ornaments every year—  10:00 —that was sort of close to the Christmas story. But there weren't too many to be found that were actually about the reason for Christmas; so I bought other things for our kids for Christmas / for their ornaments. Bob:  Do you remember any of the ornaments you got? Laura:  Oh yes. I just opened them a couple days ago. I couldn't wait! I was so excited to decorate the tree. Bob:  Because this is your first—this is your first married Christmas. Laura:  Right; it is. Bob:  Any of Josh's old ornaments on the tree? Barbara:  I don't know if he has any. [Laughter] Laura: I don't know if he has any. Dennis:  A single guy with ornaments, Bob? Bob:  I had a box of ornaments that my mom gave me. I mean, you gave your boys ornaments; right? Barbara:  Our sons have their ornaments that I gave them when they were growing up; yes. Bob:  And do they still show up on their tree? Do you know? Barbara:  I don't know—yes; Samuel's do, because I've seen his several years. I don't know about Ben's. I'm sure they're there—I just haven't noticed them. Bob:  You'd better ask Josh if he has any ornaments. Laura:  I think he probably left them in the attic—he was embarrassed. [Laughter] If he has any, we'll incorporate them in. 11:00 Actually, I have—like Mom said earlier—she gave us a different ornament every year and truly continued on. I still—well, I'm probably not going to get one this year—she's cutting me off now that I'm married. Barbara:  Now that she's married. [Laughter] Laura:  It's all downhill from here! Dennis:  Josh can get you an ornament.  But what you've done, Barbara, is—you've created now five different sets of ornaments. The first year, there were seven names—they're metal names of Christ from Luke, Chapter 2, and Isaiah. The second year was His royal names—these are in the shape of a crown. The third year, His Savior names—we'll talk about them in just a moment—they're in the form of crosses / different crosses from different eras in history. The next year, you had the name of Jesus—that we mentioned earlier—in the various languages throughout the world. Then, this year, you've created globes—which are his Advent names—that are meant to be used at Christmas to help people lead up toward Christmas Day. 12:00 Barbara:  Yes; and you can use any of these ornaments as sort of an advent for your family if you want to. You could hang one ornament each day of the month of December if you wanted to; or you can use just the globes, and you hang those out once each week, leading up to Christmas. There are lots of different things you can do; but by focusing on the names of Christ, no matter which set it is, it helps you remember and focus on the real meaning for Christmas, which is that Christ came to redeem us. Bob:  With five different sets that you've created, do you have a favorite set? Barbara:  Oh, that's a hard question. Dennis:  That's a tough one. Bob:  I know.  Laura: Yes; you do.  Bob: Which is your kids— Barbara:  I do? Laura:  Yes; of course! Bob:  Which one? Laura:  The crowns are her favorite. Bob:  Are they your [Barbara's] favorite? Laura:  I think they are.  Barbara:  It's hard to say. I mean, I really don't know that I can say. I do love the crowns, because I love the idea of Jesus being the King. You know, we don't see Him as King like we will someday when He comes back—so I do love that. But I have to say I love the crosses, because the crosses remind us— 13:00 Dennis:  Now wait a second! That was going to be mine. Barbara:  Well, it can be yours too. [Laughter] Dennis:  I like the crosses, too; because they speak of His purpose—of why He came to save His people from their sins. Each cross is a different cross from a different era in history, and I just think they're magnificent and beautiful.  Bob, what about you? Do you have a favorite? Bob:  I'm partial to the crosses too. I hate to kind of weigh in with the majority here; but the crosses have always been my favorite, because the cross is the centerpiece of our faith that points us to the gospel and what Jesus came to earth for. We tend to think of Christmas being about a manger, and Easter being about a cross; but we need to remember the cross at Christmas as well. Barbara:  They were one in Jesus' mind—I mean, He came for the purpose of dying for us. When you look at it from God's perspective, they're inseparable, even though we celebrate them at two different times of the year. Dennis:  We skipped over Laura. Barbara:  We did; I know. Dennis:  We didn't ask her what her favorite— Bob:  Do you have a favorite set, Laura? 14:00 Laura:  Well, up until this year, the Christmas names were my favorite; but I do love the globes. I think they're different, and they're unique—I love the colors. They really stand out on the Christmas tree. I think it just presents a really neat opportunity—for people who come into your home—aside from all the other ones / they also present the opportunity—but to speak of the reason why Jesus came in an incredibly tangible way is a unique opportunity. Bob:  We are describing these. We ought to point listeners to our website if they'd like to see the globes versus the crosses versus the crowns versus all of the different designs you've done over the years. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link for the Adorenaments to see each of the 30 ornaments that Barbara has designed over the years. Dennis:  I was looking forward to asking my wife this question, because I'm not sure I know the answer to it. Bob:  Okay. Dennis:  Why did you pick the Savior names for the third year to help celebrate Christmas? I'm looking at these names, and I just want to mention them— 15:00 —just kind of puts it in context here: Anointed One, Chief Cornerstone, Great High Priest, Lamb of God, Mediator, Messiah, and Redeemer. Why did you pick His Savior names? Barbara:  When I was starting to create these ornaments, I was in conversations with a bunch of different people around the office. I remember one day—because there are over 300 names of Christ—so where do you start? I mean, that's a long list of names. I was mulling all this over in my mind. One day, I was talking to Bob; and Bob said, “Okay; if you could only do three sets of Jesus' names, which ones would you do?”  I knew right away what that would be. I would do His Christmas names, because they're the names we know the best. I would do His royal names, because those are His names that we will know better when He comes back; and then we had to have His Savior names.  16:00 That's why I did those three sets first, because it was sort of—it was a challenge / it was a charge from Bob: “If you could only do three, which three would you do?” So that's why we did those three first. Bob:  I had no idea. Barbara:  You didn't know you— Bob:  I didn't know. Barbara:  —had that kind of influence. [Laughter] Dennis:  See, I didn't know the answer to the question. The next question is: “Why did you pick these crosses from different eras in history?” I'm holding the Savior's name here, Mediator, and it's the Saint Thomas cross. Barbara:  I did not know when we started working on His Savior names that there were so many different types of crosses. The Saint Thomas cross was developed by the Armenian people. Armenia is an area in eastern Turkey. It's said that Thomas, the disciple, went to Armenia after the resurrection of Christ—that he was the one who went east to take the gospel to people—so they created this cross.   17:00 It has a dove on the top to signify the Holy Spirit, who comes to dwell within us; and they named the cross after the disciple Thomas. I did not know that; and I thought, “Well, what a cool story!” So each one of these crosses has a similar story—why it was created, who designed it, what the name is, and why it became important in the history of Christendom throughout the last 2,000 years. Dennis:  So what's the story behind the cross that bears the name, Messiah? It's called the anchor cross. Bob:  I knew he was going to ask about it—he loves the anchor cross. Dennis: I do. Barbara:  It is his favorite. When we were talking about favorites—it's his favorite. Barbara:  Oh, it's yours, too, Laura? Laura:  Yes. Barbara:  Why is it your favorite? Laura:  Well, when people buy His Savior names—you can read this in the book—but it's my favorite because, in the book, it says the promise of Messiah is a message of hope. If you keep going [reading] down, it says the anchor cross has symbolized hope since the early days of the church. I think around Christmastime, it's such a happy and a celebratory time; but it can also be a really hard time for a lot of people. 18:00 Barbara:  Yes. Laura:  It can be a time where you've lost a loved one; and so you're reminded, around that time, of someone that's missing in your life—or something that you would like to have / if you longed to be married or if you've longed to have children and you can't. It can be a hard time of year, around Christmas. I think that's why I love the Messiah ornament. Barbara:  That's why we put the name, Messiah, on the anchor cross; because there's the verse in Hebrews 6—and it says, “We have this hope, this sure and steadfast hope that is the anchor of our soul.” The idea that Jesus is our anchor—that when everything around us feels like it's giving way / when we're caught in some kind of a tempest, or a trial, or a really difficult time—we can be confident that Jesus is with us, that He will never leave us or forsake us, and that our faith in Him has been likened to an anchor. So we put the name, Messiah, on the anchor cross. 19:00 Dennis:  We don't have time to look at all the names here; but the one we have to talk about, if we're going to talk about Savior names, is Redeemer. This is the Celtic cross. The word, Redeemer, is used 141 times in Scripture. It's used 13 times in the Book of Isaiah, where it foretells the coming of Jesus Christ. He came to be our Savior/our Messiah, but He also came to redeem us.  I was thinking, as I was reflecting on that name, of the illustration given of a man who was standing before a judge, guilty. The judge declared him guilty and told him what his penalty would be. At that point, he got up, pushed back from the chair, took his robe off, pulled out his checkbook, walked around in front of the judge's bench, and wrote out the check, “Paid in full.” That's what our Redeemer did.  20:00 He came to do what you can't do for yourself.  If you're listening to us today, and you don't know—the Redeemer, the Messiah, the One who is the chief Cornerstone, the Anointed One, the One who is the Savior of the world—then you just simply need to cry out and say to Him, “Lord, be merciful to me, a sinner!” There was another person who cried out that prayer—he was in the process of dying on a cross. He was one of the criminals that was executed next to Christ on the day that Christ was crucified. Jesus turned to him and said, “Surely, you will be with Me today in paradise.”  You know what? If you cry out to Jesus Christ / surrender your life to Him, He will hear your prayer. He will meet you where you are in the middle of your mess, and He will redeem you. He will be your Messiah. He will become your anchor in the storm. 21:00 Bob:  We have on our website, at FamilyLifeToday.com, a tab that says, “Two Ways to Live.” I'd encourage listeners to go and click that tab and look at what's presented there, because there are only two ways to live. There is the God-centered way of living, and then there is the man-centered way of living. Each of us decides which path we're going to walk on. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the tab that says, “Two Ways to Live.” As you read it, ask yourself the question: “Who or what am I living for? What's my life really all about?” While you're on our website at FamilyLifeToday.com, take a look at the resources Barbara has been working on that we've talked some about today—the ornaments that have been created in past years to hang on your Christmas tree to proclaim the names of Jesus during the Christmas season—and the new set of ornaments, His Advent names.  22:00 These are four globe-shaped ornaments that have four different names for Jesus—Jesus is the Son, the Messenger, the Word, and the Light—corresponding verses on each ornament. You can order any of the ornaments in the collection when you go to FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call to order at 1-800-FL-TODAY—1-800-358-6329—that's 1-800-“F” as in family, “L” as in life, and then the word, “TODAY.” And for those of you who have the FamilyLife mobile app—some of you, I know, listen to this program using the app—we're starting to include some devotional material for the month of December in the app / some Advent devotions; some questions you can use to prompt spiritual discussions during the holiday season, with friends or family members—or your children, for that matter—ways to talk about Christ during Christmas. You'll find it all on the FamilyLife app, and the app is free.  23:00 Simply go to your app store to download it. Of course, FamilyLife Today is available on the app every day. It's easy to tune in that way. I want to say, “Happy anniversary!” today to Pastor Jason and Lady Charita Spruill, who live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was just up in Philadelphia for our Weekend to Remember® getaway recently—had a great weekend with listeners who came out for the getaway. The Spruills are celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary today. They listen to FamilyLife Today on WFIL. We want to say: “Happy anniversary to you guys! Hope you have a great celebration.” We're all about anniversaries, here at FamilyLife. We've been helping couples celebrate more anniversaries for 40 years now. We want to thank those of you who partner with us to make this ministry possible. We mentioned earlier the matching gift that is available during the month of December. We hope you'll consider a yearend contribution to this ministry. You can give, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to give.  24:00 Or you can mail your donation to FamilyLife Today at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. Now, tomorrow, Barbara Rainey is going to be back with us again. We're going to continue our conversation about how we make Jesus the issue at Christmas and how we make sure that He doesn't get cluttered out. Hope you can tune in for that. I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of FamilyLife Today.  FamilyLife Today is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © FamilyLife. All rights reserved. www.FamilyLife.com    

Click Here to Listen to the other parts in the seriesCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 1) - A Call to AdventCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 2) - Being StillCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 3) - Introducing Your Kids to the SaviorCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 4) - His Savior NamesCelebrating Advent with Laura Rainey Dries (Part 5) - Remembering Christ at ChristmasFamilyLife Today® Radio Transcript  References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. Introduce Your Kids to the Savior Guests:                      Dennis and Barbara Rainey                       From the series:       Celebrating Advent (Day 3 of 5)Air date:                     November 30, 2016______________________________________________________________________________ Bob: Many parents would love for their family to have a more spiritual / a more Christ-centered focus during the Christmas season. But there's not a lot that points us in that direction. Here's Barbara Rainey. Barbara: As we were raising our children, I noticed that there was very little available, even then—and that was 20 years ago—that helped us, as a family / helped Dennis and me turn our kids' attention to Jesus at the Christmas holiday. I wanted to do that—I wanted to help my kids appreciate Christmas for what it was really all about. And yet, I couldn't find things that helped me engage my kids in conversations about it. I couldn't find things, other than a Nativity scene or two, that we had that would help us turn our attention, and help us turn our kids' attention, to the meaning of Christmas. 1:00 Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Wednesday, November 30th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. What can we be doing, as moms and dads, to be pointing our children in a more Christ-centered direction as we get ready to celebrate Christmas? We're going to explore that today. Stay with us. And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition. I'm going to have to get a new mailbox I think. I mean— Dennis: Too many catalogues? Bob: Yes; stop and think: “How much meaningful mail do you get in a year these days? I go out to the mailbox every day to see what's in the mailbox. How many days is it just junk?” Barbara: Most of the days. Bob: Most days it's just junk mail. Every once in a while, there's a lovely letter from FamilyLife—so we have that / we always get that—and open that first thing; but most of the time, it's just junk.  2:00 Well, you get to Christmastime— Dennis: I just wrote you a note, Bob—I just thanked you. You should be getting it here pretty soon. Bob: Well, I'll keep my eyes open for it. Thank you. [Laughter] Barbara: Yes; thank you notes are nice to get. Dennis: A handwritten note is really valuable today. Bob: Those are nice and rare.  So, now, at Christmastime, there is not enough room in the mailbox for all of the catalogues / for all of the—just all of the stuff / all of the junk that everybody wants us to buy. I'm just telling them, “Don't send them to me anymore, because I'm not buying your stuff; okay?” I'm just trying to tell them— Barbara: They don't believe it, though. Bob: I guess they don't; no. Dennis: Barbara joins us on FamilyLife Today. Welcome back, Sweetheart. Barbara: Thank you. Dennis: She had me actually go to the garbage the other day, Bob, and fish out of the garbage a magazine that she said captured really what is the message / what has become the message of Christmas this season. Barbara: I did; because I didn't want the magazine / didn't need it— 3:00 —so I pitched it. Then I started thinking about the messages that that magazine was communicating to me at Christmas. This one came in the mail the other day. On the cover, it says, “385 Ways to Dazzle Family and Friends.” [Laughter] I thought, “Well, first of all, who has time for 385 ways, number one; and secondly, is it really about dazzling your family and friends?” I just thought: “Oh my gosh! We have really—we have really changed.” Bob: This is all about Christmas—you're supposed to do all of this— Barbara: This whole catalogue— Dennis: It's a new advent—385 steps / 385 ways—[Laughter] Bob: So, did you read any of them? Barbara: Well, I flipped through it; and of course, it's multiple choice—you don't have to do all 385. They want you to have lots of options. Bob: That's a good thing; yes. Barbara: One of them said, “Take a bow as you reveal the spectacular cake.” Another one said, “Show them you love them by giving one of these handmade gifts to everyone on your list.” [Laughter] I'm thinking, “Even if you just chose one of those, it's overwhelming, all by itself.” 4:00 Bob: I can do the bow; but I'm just thinking, “My friends and family are not going to be dazzled when I take a bow.” Barbara: No; no. [Laughter] Dennis: It is all the wrong message, though. Barbara: Yes; it is. Dennis: What we want to do is—I don't know that we want to dazzle. I think we want to refocus—a little bit like a camera—bring back the focus to Christmas and what it's all about and help families celebrate Jesus Christ. Barbara: Actually, I think dazzle might be a good word. I think what we want is—we want to be dazzled by the incarnation—the fact that Jesus actually came to the planet to rescue us when we didn't deserve it / we didn't even know that we needed it. And yet, the Father sent Him, and He willingly obeyed and came. I think that, in and of itself, is something to be dazzled by. It's not about us being the focus—us being the center of attention / us being the one who's wowing people—we need to be wowed by the Christmas story and what Jesus came to do for us. 5:00 Dennis: And if we don't lead it—if parents don't lead it, men/women, moms/dads, grandmas and grandpas—don't lead out in re-establishing the reason for Christmas and what it ought to be about, the world will send us another message. Bob: Yes; in fact, the message is pretty clear at Christmastime. Very little of it is about the spiritual significance of the holiday. Barbara: That's right. Bob: Most of it's about the commercial significance of the holiday. Barbara: Yes; it is. All you have to do is go into any store that carries a lot of Christmas decorations—ornaments, or things you can put on your tree, or things you can put up around your house—and if you look hard, you will find very, very little about Jesus—about His coming to earth / about the Christmas story. You'll find plenty of things—a plethora of things—about Santa and reindeer, and elf on a shelf, and on, and on, and on it goes. The volume of things associated with Christmas today is overwhelmingly not about the Christmas story. 6:00 Bob: This is actually what got you started, a few years back, thinking, “I want to start creating things that people can put in their home that will refocus them, at Christmastime, on the reason we're celebrating Christmas.” Barbara: As we were raising our children, I noticed that there was very little available even then—and that was 20 years ago—that helped us, as a family / helped Dennis and me turn our kids' attention to Jesus at the Christmas holiday. I wanted to do that—I wanted to help my kids appreciate Christmas for what it was really all about. And yet, I couldn't find things that helped me engage my kids in conversations about it. I couldn't find things, other than a Nativity scene or two, that we had that would help us turn our attention, and help us turn our kids' attention, to the meaning of Christmas. Dennis: And I was glad she finally got a chance to put some feet under some ideas she had had—that she'd been talking about, Bob, for probably 25 years as we raised our kids.  7:00 She would talk about this repeatedly: “Why doesn't someone create meaningful objects that call us to worship, that are well done, and have our Christmas trees and our decor in our homes be about Jesus Christ, in a contemporary way that will pass on the truth about Jesus Christ to the next generation?”  What she did—she began to do a study of the names of Christ that are mentioned in Scripture. You know, you don't really pause and take a step back and think, “How important a name is,” but I just want to read what the Apostle Paul says in Philippians, Chapter 2 [verse 9]—he says, “Therefore God has highly exalted Him,”—that is Christ—“and has bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven, and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” 8:00 Christmas is about the incarnation of the One, whose name—someday, every knee will bow—not just a few, but every knee will bow. What Barbara did—because she's both an artist and a student of the Bible—she began to set out to create a line of ornaments, calling them Adorenaments®, after the song, O Come Let Us Adore Him. She created the Christmas names from Luke, Chapter 2 and Isaiah. She created His royal names from the Psalms and from Revelation. She created His Savior names in the form of crosses. All of these were designed to be durable and to be passed on to the next generation to declare who Jesus is. This year, she's created globes. They're globes that declare four names of Christ around Advent—His first coming—that help families, I think, regain their focus back on why we celebrate Christmas. 9:00 Bob: These globes are round ornaments. We think of ornaments as globes most often, but this is the first year you've done anything with a round shape. Barbara: Right. And they're literally globes—that have the continents of the earth on them; and then written, on the globe, is a name of Christ: “Jesus is the Light of the World,” or “Jesus is the Messenger”; and then there's also a verse on the globe, too, to help us understand why He came to our planet. Bob: And is this all you have on your tree at home—are these ornaments? Barbara: It is. I have some small balls that are plain, that don't have anything on them. All of our kids are out of the nest. When they left, we boxed up all their ornaments that they collected, when they were growing up, and gave them to the kids. If we still had our children at home, we would probably have a mix of different kinds of things, plus all of the Adorenaments on our tree. Since it's just Dennis and me now, that's what we have on our tree—is just the names of Christ. 10:00 Bob: Does your home feel different because your tree has these ornaments on them rather than a mixture? Barbara: I don't know if it feels different, but I like looking at it. Our daughter-in-law, Marsha Kay, told me last year, at Christmas, that she puts up a little bit smaller tree in their living room—it doesn't have a really high ceiling—so it's probably just an average six-foot tree. She only puts the Adorenaments on there that I've given her through the years. She said: “I love to go in that living room and sit there, all by myself, and just stare at that tree. I call it my Jesus tree.” She said, “It helps me remember what Christmas is about.” They put up another tree in their main room, where their TV is, and where they gather as a family—it's a larger room. That's the tree that the kids decorate—that's where they put their school ornaments, and the ones they make, and the ones they've collected. That's more of an all-purpose tree. But I just love the way she described it—she called it her Jesus tree. I just thought: “That's really exactly what it is.  11:00 “It's having a place, at Christmas, that proclaims who He is and what He came to do. That reminds us, as a family / those of us who live in that house—or people who come to visit—reminds us what the holiday is all about.” Dennis: And I think many times we underestimate the power of a name. Barbara: Yes. Dennis: If you think how the first coming of Christ—His first advent—was described when the angel of the Lord appeared to Mary, announcing that she was going to have a baby, and told her what to call Him. Let me just read this from Luke, Chapter 1: “The angel said to Mary, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.'” And he goes on to promise that Jesus would save the people from their sins. 12:00 The name, Jesus, actually means “God saves.” So the incarnation is God's statement to humanity, “I'm finally going to bring to pass that which I promised, all the way back to Genesis, Chapter 3, when Adam and Eve sinned,” and He promised that there would be a Redeemer. Bob: Well, and last year, you took that name, Jesus, and made ornaments in five languages. Barbara: Five different languages. Bob: And it was just the name of Jesus in the alphabet and the language of—I think it was Spanish; it was Russian; Mandarin— Barbara: Chinese Mandarin. Bob: —Hebrew— Barbara: Hebrew and Arabic. Bob: And that's the declaration that “God saves.” When you talk about other names of Jesus, you're talking about titles like “Son of the Most High,” which the angel mentioned to Mary. Barbara: Yes. Bob: So each year, you've been doing different titles. In that sense, they are names / they're descriptors of who Jesus is. 13:00 Barbara: Correct; yes. And every one of the names that's given to Jesus / that we read about in the Bible helps us understand more of who He is / more of what He came to do for us.  You know, we're so used to, as people, having one or maybe two names, or three names if you have a middle name. We think in really small terms when it comes to names for people. But when you think about the fact that Jesus has, as some scholars say, as many as 300 names or titles given to Him in the Bible, it tells us that He is much, much different than we are. There is much to learn about Him and much to worship. As we learn what these different names are—and then learn what they mean and learn why they're important—for instance, the verse we know so well at Christmas from Isaiah: “He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace”—each one of those four names that were prophesied about Christ tell us something different about His character / tell us something different about who He is and what He can do for us. 14:00 Just think about the title, Prince of Peace. How badly do we need peace in our world? We need it every year. Every year, at Christmas, we all feel the need for peace—peace in our families, peace in our hearts, peace between people groups, between nations—and Jesus came to give us that peace. He came to be the Prince of Peace. When we understand more about His names, we understand more about Him. Therefore, we want to worship Him for all that He is to us and for us. Dennis: And I love the attention to detail that Barbara has created here around these names. The one she's talking about here—Prince of Peace—you can see that, Bob, it's resting on a bed of straw, which is representative of the humble circumstances of Jesus being born in a manger.  15:00 As you were talking about Prince of Peace, Barbara—yes, we need it for the world—but you also mentioned there are a lot of homes that need peace this Christmas season. It may be that a family pulls this out and reads what you've written about what it means that Jesus was the Prince of Peace—that He personally came to give us peace with God—but also peace with one another. I think families today need to resolve issues / need to resolve conflict. It may be that, as you pull this Adorenament out of the package and hang it on your tree, maybe you and your children can pray: “Lord, would the Prince of Peace come to our family this Christmas season? Would You heal some of the conflict, the lack of peace, the hurt, the anger? And would You turn our home into a place where the Savior, not only visits, but where He reigns as the Prince of Peace?” 16:00 Barbara: And there isn't a family anywhere that doesn't need that. Every family needs help in conflict resolution, and ever family needs peace. That would be a great application for any family to pray this year at Christmas. Bob: You have written something about pretty much each of these ornaments you've created over the years; right?— Barbara: Right. Bob: —whether it's a devotional or some kind of a thought / an essay. Your desire is that the ornament would trigger deeper thinking about the name. What you've written is designed to help prod us in that direction as well. Barbara: Yes; it is. The idea is—and these can be used in all kinds of different ways—people are infinitely creative. But one of the ideas would be to hang an ornament—and we're talking, right now, mostly about His Christmas names, which is the first set—one idea is to hang one ornament each day for a week.  17:00 You could decorate your tree before or after Thanksgiving like you normally do; and then, get these names and hang them once each day, for the week leading up to Christmas, to help prepare your hearts to worship and to welcome Him on Christmas morning. A way to do that is—each set comes with this small book—so you could hang the ornament on the tree. Then somebody in the family reads the short story. It takes a couple of minutes, at the most, to read it. It helps us understand who Jesus is with this name that you're hanging on the tree. Dennis: Yes. I'm looking at the name, Emmanuel, which you write about in your book here—another one of the Christmas names, from Matthew, Chapter 1:23—it says, “Behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel.” Well, that name means “God with us.” He's ever-present with us. You go on to talk about how Jesus, not only came in terms of the incarnation to planet earth; but again, He came to take up residence in each person's life.  18:00 I think a lot of parents are wondering, “How do I share my faith in Christ with my kids?” Well, these Adorenaments give you a way to introduce your child to the One who is called the Savior; the One who is Emmanuel; the One who is the Prince of Peace. You actually have, in the back of this booklet around the Christmas names, a prayer that a child can pray to commit his life, or her life, to Jesus Christ. Barbara: We have a really good friend who actually works here in our office. The year these ornaments came out, he did exactly what we're talking about. They hung the ornaments on the tree, one by one, and read the stories that accompanied each name. He told us that year that one of the names triggered some questions in his son's heart. His son started asking his dad: “So, what about this? What does that mean about me?” And his dad answered his questions. It was the right time for his son to want to receive Christ.  19:00 This man—this good friend of ours—had the great privilege of leading his son to Christ as a result of focusing on the names of Christ at Christmas. I think that's what God is calling all of us to do. He's calling all of us to make decisions. He's calling all of us to settle things and make things right with Him. Christmas is a wonderful time to do that, because we're naturally thinking about Jesus being born in Bethlehem. It's a perfect opportunity for moms and dads to help your kids understand what a decision for Christ looks like and why that's the most important decision they'll ever make. Dennis: As parents, we are commanded, back in Deuteronomy, Chapter 6, to pass on our faith / our love for Christ to our children, and to talk of it when we rise up, when we go by the way, when we lie down. We're to be talking to our children; in essence, training them in the Bible and about who God is.  20:00 It's really a foreshadowing of the Great Commission, a command that Jesus gave over in Matthew 28:19 and 20, where He commanded us to make disciples, to teach them to obey all that He has commanded us. You and I, as parents, are commanded to instruct our children in the ways of God from His Word. That can come about around the holiday of Christmas; which frankly, just sets you up, as a parent, to be able to talk about: “Why do we celebrate this season? Why is it so important?” “Well, it's about Jesus Christ, who wasn't just another man. He is the Savior / He is the Prince of Peace,” and to use this holiday as the great privilege and opportunity to introduce your children to that Savior. Bob: At this point, you have created 30 different ornament designs. The ones for this year are the globes we've talked about. In past years, they've been different designs / different shapes.  21:00 If somebody goes to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, they can actually see all 30 of the ornaments you've created and order whatever ornaments they'd like to—have their tree covered with names of Christ—all over the tree. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com to see the ornaments Barbara has created, including the new set for this year—His advent names—the four globes that talk about Jesus as the Son, the Messenger, the Word, and the Light. The website is FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call to order any of the Adorenaments at 1-800-FL-TODAY—1-800-358-6329—that's 1-800-“F” as in family, “L” as in life, and then the word “TODAY.”,By the way, in our FamilyLife app, we're including devotionals and ideas for celebrating the Advent season—ways that you can engage others in conversation about Christ during the Advent season.  22:00 If you don't currently have the FamilyLife app, it's free. Go to your app store, and you can download it. Look for this Advent content that we're starting to include in the app. Again, the app is free; and you can download it when you go to your app store. It was 31 years ago today that Tim and Angela Childress became husband and wife. Tim and Angela live here in Little Rock. They are associate staff, here at FamilyLife. We want to say, “Congratulations!” to the Childresses today as they celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary. And “Congratulations!” to you, as well, if it's your wedding anniversary. Anniversaries matter. Here, at FamilyLife, we've been celebrating our 40th anniversary, all year long; and we've been doing it by reflecting on how God has used this ministry in the lives of so many couples, who are still celebrating anniversaries because of how God worked through FamilyLife to strengthen their marriage.  That's what you're supporting when you support this ministry—you're helping to strengthen marriages and families.  23:00 You're helping couples to thrive and families to flourish. We want to say, “Thank you for your partnership with us, and your investment in the tens of thousands of couples and families we're talking to every day on this program, and who we're reaching through our website, our events, and our resources.” If you can help with a donation today, we'd love to say, “Thank you,” by sending you a resource that you can use with your children during the Christmas season. These are ornaments that are designed for preschool and early elementary-aged children. They're colorful, and they're great for kids to understand more about who Jesus is at Christmastime. We'll send you “The Twelve Names of Christmas” ornament set when you make a donation today. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com to donate online; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation; or you can request “The Twelve Names of Christmas” when you mail your donation to FamilyLife Today at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. 24:00 Now, tomorrow, we're going to talk more about some of the names the Bible uses for Jesus and see what we can learn about who He is by understanding His names. Hope you can tune in for that. I want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of FamilyLife Today.  FamilyLife Today is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow.______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © FamilyLife. All rights reserved. www.FamilyLife.com    

We have resumed our in-person worship service (10:45 AM on Sunday) and are recording them each week for folks who can't join us in person. This is the Audio-only version recorded for Sunday, August 16, 2020. It is also available in Video format through our YouTube channel. Click on the "Notes Icon" (the little image of a notepad) to get the sermon study notes. ORDER OF SERVICE: Sing along with our opening songs, "O Come Let Us Adore Him" and “Rock of Ages” (on-screen lyrics in the video recording). Listen to the message "It Makes God Sick” preached by Pastor Dave Marksbury from Revelation 3:14-22. This message continues the multi-week sermon series "Revelation: God's Final Call." (Prior messages in the series are available in both video and audio-only recordings). Sing along with our worship team: "How Great Thou Art" and "The Steadfast Love of the Lord." Listen to the church announcements and a "One Year Bible Reading" update. Join us in prayer, and then sing our closing song: "The Savior is Waiting."

From creation to fallen, from redemption to eternity - we were made to worship Him. Join us for a Christmas Eve recap of O Come Let Us Adore Him.

With Christmas only a couple of days away, the first notion that comes to my mind is... O Come Let Us Adore Him. I [Patriece] am a Christian and so grateful for God's greatest expression of Love--sacrificing his only begotten son Jesus Christ. Christmas reminds me of the real reason for the season; a reason that supersedes commercialized events and gifts. This episode of BeMpowered with Patriece expounds on the reasons why I adore Him [Christ]. As for me, there is no greater gift than the gift of Jesus Christ. Be encouraged to know that you too can experience the Love of God and a real relationship with Christ. Listen to the very end and Be Blessed. Merry Christmas to my Podcast Family! And remember... You can TRANSFORM your Life by changing your mind one thought at a time.

At the end of our sermon, Patti Schofield showered us with her singing of "O Come Let Us Adore Him." This is just 2 minutes of listening but a great reminder this holiday season that we are not to be served or entitled this Christmas season, we are to COME AND ADORE HIM!!!

Sandy Laws closes our advent series O Come Let Us Adore Him by looking ahead to 2019 and the example of the life of Paul.

Steve starts things off by chatting with Robert Montelongo, a Chaplain with the Chicago Police Department. Then, we get to hear a beautiful rendition of “O Come Let Us Adore Him”, “O Holy Night”, and “White Christmas” sung by Robert’s daughter, Emily Montelongro, accompanied on piano by Bob Biliskov. Arturo Andonaegui, a patrolman and Honor […]

God shares His hope-filled message through the birth and life of Jesus. In Jesus, God revealed the fullness of His glory and His rescuing love for us. 1. God has spoken through his Son(vs. 1-2a)2. God in the flesh (vs. 2b-3a)3. Savior of the world (vs. 3b-4)Songs: Angels We Have Heard On High (FK&C) #7007719 by J Chadwick, J Smallbone, L Smallbone, and S Mosley© Words: Public Domain, Music: 2013 CentricSongs Joy To The World #24016 by Handel, I WattsPublic DomainO Holy Night #32015 by Adam, A C Adam, J S Dwight, & P CappeauPublic DomainO Come Let Us Adore Him #4317368 by D DeMarco2001 Raise Yo Praze Music Hark The Herald Angels Sing #5606975 by E Cash, M Gilder, & C Tomlinworshiptogether.com songs, sixsteps Music,Silent Night #2684749 by Young, J MohrPublic Domain

Pastor Neil finishes the O Come Let Us Adore Him series

03:24 O Come Let Us Adore Him // 10:13 Lion and the Lamb // 18:44 Jesus Messiah // 26:07 Glory in the Highest // 32:50 Living Hope

Pastor Neil Crouse preaching on Joy

Pastor JC continues into Pt3 of our Carols series. He talks on O Come Let Us Adore Him and gives us five lessons on adoration!

Pastor JC continues into Pt3 of our Carols series. He talks on O Come Let Us Adore Him and gives us five lessons on adoration!

Pastor JC continues into Pt3 of our Carols series. He talks on O Come Let Us Adore Him and gives us five lessons on adoration!

Pastor JC continues into Pt3 of our Carols series. He talks on O Come Let Us Adore Him and gives us five lessons on adoration!

Susie Grade continues our Advent series of "O Come Let Us Adore Him" with the third line of the song: "o, come ye to Bethlehem." We look at what draws people to Bethlehem and how Platt Park can aspire to be a place of life that draws people to Christ.

Susie Grade continues our advent series "O Come Let Us Adore Him" by looking at the second line "Joyful and Triumphant" and three things that allow us to be joyful and triumphant in this life.

Pastor Neil Crouse preaches week 3 of our current series.

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Pastor Neil Crouse begins our Christmas Series!

Tim Grade opens our Advent series "O Come Let Us Adore Him." Each week in the series we will look at a different line from the song -- this week we are looking at "O come all ye faithful" and what makes people faithful.

The pattern of our lives should be such that one can trust us at our word. Rather than having to appeal to oaths or others, our integrity and personal testimony should be the measure that encourages others to believe in what we say.1. Speak the Truth (v. 12) a. Wisdom for Communicating Well (and enjoying the Christmas season). I. Listen Carefully (Proverbs 18:13) II. Be Nice (Proverbs 12:18) III. Be Straightforward (Proverbs 15:28) IV. Be Quiet (Proverbs 10:19)2. Earn Trust a. Speak the Truth in Love (Ephesians 4:15) b. Build Others Up (Ephesians 4:29)3. Share the Gospel (Colossians 4:5-6)Songs: Make A Way #7028394 by J Ingram and J Egan© Integrity Worship Music God I Look To You #5858163 by J Johnson2010 Bethel MusicO Come Let Us Adore Him #4317368 by D DeMarco2001 Raise Yo Praze MusicNo Longer Slaves #7030123 by J D Helser & M Helser2014 © Bethel Music PublishingNo Other Name #7019979 by J Houston and J Myrin2014 © Hillsong Music Publishing

Songs: All Creation Sing(Joy To The World), Your Name(Christmas Version), O Come Let Us Adore Him

O Come Let Us Adore Him

Silent Night, O Come Let Us Adore Him, The First Noel - you've probably heard and sang these carols at some point in your life. But before they were written there were some Songs of Christmas sung by some of the original characters in the Christmas story. At first glance it would seem that none of them had a reason to sing. They faced hardship, struggled with heartache and wrestled with promises that seemed too good to be true. But in the end their struggle, confusion and waiting was not wasted. God did something incredible that led them to respond with songs declaring the promise of Christmas as a melody that is still being heard today. Join us for the month of December as we discover and learn from the original Songs of Christmas. December 4 – Why Me?: Mary's Song December 11 – Hope is Here: Zechariah's SongDecember 18 – Watching and Waiting: Simeon's Song December24 – Christmas Eve - A Strange Way To Save The World

"Christ Has Come" - High Street Worship - (Featuring Kyle Kicker) "This is Amazing Grace" - Phil Wickham - (Featuring Kyle Kicker) "O Come Let Us Adore Him" - Hillsong Worship - (Featuring Jordan Whitaker) "We Have A Saviour" - Hillsong Worship - (Featuring Kyle Kicker)

O Come Let Us Adore Him by Pastor Paul Golden

O Come Let Us Adore Him #4 When Do We Adore Him?

O Come Let Us Adore Him #4 When Do We Adore Him?

O Come Let Us Adore Him #3 Who Adores Him?

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O Come Let Us Adore Him #1 - The One We Adore

O Come Let Us Adore Him #1 - The One We Adore

Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams Today's guest(s): Martin Doman, Assistant Director of Campus Ministry at Ave Maria University Today's topics: Martin Doman, Catholic praise and worship music leader Summary of today's show: On our 150th show, Martin Doman talks with Scot and Fr. Matt about his ministry as a Eucharistic praise and worship leader, his experience of writing and performing Catholic music, including “St. Patrick's Breastplate”, the theme song for The Good Catholic Life; and his advice as a campus minister for parents looking at Catholic colleges for their children. 1st segment: Scot said we celebrated our 150th show since we started on Ash Wednesday. Scot said he's learned so much about his faith and its tough to believe it's been that many. We've profiled more than 75 priests and had about 200 guests. Scot said he's not sick of his own voice yet. Just today Scot received a card from a listener who sent his condolences after Scot mentioned his uncle who had passed away. Fr. Matt said last Thursday he spoke to the first-year men discerning the diaconate. He spoke on living out your baptismal call. His cousin Brian was married on Saturday and it was a joy to be able to celebrate the sacrament with them. Scot said our guest today has had perfect attendance on the show. Martin Doman wrote the music we use as the theme for our show. It's called St. Patrick's Breastplate. Fr. Matt said he's known Martin when he was worship leader for the Steubenville East youth conference. 2nd segment: Scot asked Martin what it was like to move from his native Pennsylvania to FLorida at Ave Maria. He said it was a big change for someone so used to winter. He said the university is surrounded by a brand-new town that is inhabited mostly by Catholics and it's a great environment for his kids to grow up in. On their block alone, there are 40 or 50 kids their ages. Martin has been involved in leading Eucharistic worship for at least a decade. Scot asked him how he got started in this life. Martin said in high school he was exposed to the charismatic renewal and heard someone lead prayer in music. In his college years at Franciscan University of Steubenville, he decided that playing music at Mass was the path was God calling him to. Fr. Matt said he encountered Martin at Steubenville East in Attleboro. Martin was involved there for nine years starting in 1998. He got involved in conferences when he was in school in Steubenville when the music leader Jim Cowan asked him to be part of his band. He did well and so they asked him to lead the music himself at the Boston-area youth conference. Scot asked him to explain Eucharistic praise and worship and place it in context. He said praise and worship means just praying with music and that has it roots in Hebrew worship. So it's praying with music, participating in song. St. Augustine mentions praise music very clearly in his writings. Eucharistic praise and worship means to worship the Lord with music in His presence during Adoration or during Mass. Scot said he used to think that Adoration just had the opening and closing hymns with silence in between, until he heard Martin play during Adoration at the Men's and Women's Conferences where he would sometimes pick quietly during prayer. Martin said the rite for adoration allows for music during adoration. He plays quiet and meditative music. The words of the music he uses draw out our personal relationship with God. There is emotion in that relationship, not unlike the emotion found in the Psalms. It's the same kind of communication. The words of the song and music life the spirit. St. Augustine said he who sings, prays twice. Fr. Matt said upbeat praise music can lead to more solemn worship as the Holy Spirit fills the place and you experience the deeper presence of God. The twofold action of liturgy is the people of God participating in worship are offering blessings to God and God in turn sanctifies his people. When you enter into worship, including the words of music, the Holy Spirit starts pouring out on people in a way that leads to a silence where you just want to be. Martin said the goal of praise and worship is silence where nothing more needs to be said. At the end of the conversation where you feel like God is ministering to you and you enter silence. It's not awkward silence, it's a pregnant silence. In our media-saturated culture, we need that silence and that music helps our brains to slow down to focus on the Eucharist and enter silence. Fr. Matt said he often sees Martin “calls an audible” while on his knees and playing the guitar during Adoration. Martin likened it to surfing where you have to adapt to the wave. He is very open to what God is saying to him, where He is leading. All of us are called to follow the promptings of the Spirit. We're not all called to be prophets like John the Baptist or Elijah, but we are called to be priest, prophet, and king in a sense. For Martin he feels an external prompting. For example, if he plans to start with O Salutaris, the traditional hymn for adoration, then O Come Let Us Adore Him, and then enter into silence. Perhaps he's planning on playing a particular song and suddenly a different song comes into his head and he may feel like he needs to play that one now. If he's looking for another song to play and he feels no prompting, he may take that to mean he's supposed to be silent. Martin said he's learned from the Charismatic renewal that you need to always be listening to the Lord in your prayer or daily life and when you do it can have powerful effects. 3rd segment: Scot noted the song we just heard is called “Legacy”. Martin wrote it to help us celebrated the bicentennial of the Archdiocese of Boston in 2008. Scot said 7 years ago he was encouraged to ask Martin Doman to lead worship for the Boston Men's and Women's Conferences, but all he'd heard was that he'd been a music leader for youth. But he later learned that Eucharistic praise and worship can help many people. Martin said singing praises to God is universal. It's not tied to a particular age group. But the style of music is contemporary so it naturally appeals to a younger audience. Yet as prayer it is universal. In terms of the style, a lot of the songs he plays break the mold of one genre. He worked a t a Pennsylvania parish for several years and there was one coarse, crusty and blunt elderly man who once came up to him to tell him to play a hymn in the book. It turned out to be a beautiful song although it was older. A lot of these old hymns that were lost after Vatican II were simple intimate prayer songs between God and people. These hymns were so important and personal to another generation so he likes to blend these older hymns in among the newer ones. They bring out that universal thirst for God. Scot said there has been a rich patrimony of hymns built up over 2,000 years, but Martin also writes new hymns. He asked Martin what it's like to put prayers in music. Martin said there's a rich tradition in our Church and he mines the prayers. He suggested the Manual of Prayers as a good resource because it contains many of the great prayers of our Church. Fr. Matt asked Martin what song he wants to be remembered for? Martin said after awhile everything you do is just an attempt to capture the beauty of God, but fail to do so completely. He loves St. Patrick's Breastplate. He said if someone asked him to play the one song he wants to play, it would be “My Desire” from his new CD. 4th segment: It's time to announce the winner of the weekly WQOM Benefactor Raffle. In honor of St. Therese, whose feast was this past week, our prize this week is “”, by Fr. Stephane Joseph Piat, OFM. This week's benefactor card raffle winner is Anne Magnus from Reading, MA. Congratulation, Anne! If you would like to be eligible to win in an upcoming week, please visit . For a one-time $30 donation, you'll receive the Station of the Cross benefactor card and key tag, making you eligible for WQOM's weekly raffle of books, DVDs, CDs and religious items. We'll be announcing the winner each Wednesday during “The Good Catholic Life” program. 5th segment: Scot asked Martin to give listeners his advice for parents choosing a good Catholic college for their kids. Martin said people typically think Notre Dame or Georgetown, but some colleges have come under fire for not being as Catholic as they used to be. He attended and works now at . Parents should look for a good education that prepares the student for life, not just for a job. College is pivotal for the life of a person in terms of life-changing decisions and so you need to given them a good foundation. The academic has to be good, with a curriculum that forms the whole person. They should also look at the student life on campus. The best measure of catholicity is whether the students are living the faith on campus. The peer pressure is positive toward living authentically. They don't have to be weird religious nuts, just cool kids who love God. He said at Ave Maria, he's come to know the faculty well and they really look at the foundations of the classics and where the Church's gifts come from. There's also a powerful sense of faith that's not in your faith. Scot asked what the faith life is like there and what makes it distinctive. Martin said it's not so much distinct from Steubenville. There's definitely a sense of deep reverence there. The location creates a different lifestyle. It's a relatively new college, but they have a student population that comes from all over. They are attracted by being in Florida, but also by the academics and faith environment. Fr. Matt said he's seen so many kids leave solid Catholic high school youth ministry to come back from college deflated by the hedonism they encountered at college, even at the best Catholic colleges and by the anti-Catholicism they encounter in the classroom. Then the campus ministry is often not strong in countering the tsunami of challenges to their faith. He said he tells students considering a particular school to check out the campus ministry as a way to gauge how they feel about the school and see how it will help them in school. At Ave Maria, they'd find opportunities to grow deeper in faith and to be converted. Scot said to consider whether students graduating from the school have a concept of a personal vocation. Martin said at Ave Maria they have a weekly program to talk about vocations, all of them, not just marriage. We have to look at our vocation as a call to holiness.

This is Session 12 of the Worship Song Video Blog includes an example of playing the Christmas song "O Come Let Us Adore Him" (more commonly known as "O Come All Ye Faithful') with this arrangement from Kim Gentes. This is a video blog of guitar tips and ideas for playing worship songs. This song edition incudes a video demonstrating the song arrangement on guitar a demonstration audio MP3, and a downloadable PDF chord chart with the lyrics and chords. AUDIO MP3: download here. CHORD CHART PDF: download here. Video Demonstration: See below.