The Gospel According to John read by David Suchet

Michael Card Performs "And Dreams" From the Biblical Imagination Series

That night when in Judean skies 

The wondrous star did shine so bright 

A blind man moved while in his sleep

 And dreamed that he had sight 

That night when Magi traveled far 

While o'ver the house the star drew near 

A deaf man stirred in slumber's spell 

and dreamed that he could hear 

That night when safe in Joseph's arms 

the little king was held secure 

A captive child smiled in her sleep 

and dreamed that she was pure 

That night when o'er the newborn 

Babe
the tender Mary rose to lean 

A leper slept a happy sleep 

and dreamed that he was clean 

 And all the while the dreamers dreamed 

the Child who would redeem them 

lay weeping for the world 

he would waken 

That night when in the manger lay 

The Son of God who came to save 

A man moved in the sleep of death 

And dreamed there was no grave

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Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ After Jesus^[f] had risen early on the first day of that week,^[g] he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,^[h] from whom he had driven out seven demons. ¹⁰ She went and told those who had been with Jesus^[i] and who now were grieving and crying. ¹¹ When they heard that he was alive and that he had been seen by her, they refused to believe Mary.^[j]

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

¹² After this, Jesus^[k] appeared in a different form to two disciples^[l] as they were walking into the country. ¹³ They went back and told the others, who didn’t believe them, either.

Jesus Commissions His Disciples

¹⁴ Finally he appeared to his eleven disciples^[m] while they were eating. He rebuked them for their unbelief and stubbornness, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen. ¹⁵ Then he told them, “As you go into the entire world, proclaim the gospel to everyone.^{[n] 16} Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever doesn’t believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ These are the signs that will accompany those who believe: In my name they’ll drive out demons. they’ll speak in new languages,^{[o] 18} and they’ll pick up snakes with their hands.^[p] Even if they drink any deadly poison, it won’t hurt them, and they’ll place their hands on the sick, and they’ll recover.”

Jesus is Taken Up to Heaven

¹⁹ So the Lord Jesus,^[q] after talking with his disciples,^[r] was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰ Then his disciples^[s] went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the signs that accompanied it.

Michael Card - Things We Leave Behind

There sits Simon
So foolishly wise
Proudly he's tending his nets
Then Jesus calls
And the boats drift away
All that he owns he forgets

More than the nets
He abandoned that day
He found that his pride was soon drifting away
It's hard to imagine the freedom we find
From the things we leave behind

Matthew was mindful
Of taking the tax
Pressing the people to pay
Hearing the call
He responded in faith
Followed the Light and the Way

Leaving the people
So puzzled he found
The greed in his heart
Was no longer around and
It's hard to imagine
The freedom we find
From the things
We leave behind

Every heart needs to be set free
From possessions
That hold it so tight
'Cause freedom's not found in the things that we own
It's the power
To do what is right
Jesus, our only possession
Giving becomes our delight
We can't imagine the freedom we find
From the things we leave behind

We show a love for the world in our lives
By worshipping goods we possess
Jesus says lay all your treasures aside
"love God above all the rest"

'Cause when we say 'no'
To the things of the world
We open our hearts
To the love of the Lord and
Its hard to imagine
The freedom we find
From the things we leave behind

Oh, and it's hard to imagine
The freedom we find
From the things
We leave behind

Grace be with you all by Michael Card with lyrics

 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Come Lift Up Your Sorrows

Max Lucado - Because Of Bethlehem 1-5

 

Francesca Battistelli - Messiah (Official Lyric Video)

You're Here Francesca Battistelli

Candlelight Carol - The International Staff Songsters

How do you capture the wind on the water?
How do you count all the stars in the sky?
How do you measure the love of a mother
Or how can you write down a baby's first cry?

Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
Silent night, holy night, all is calm and all is bright
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born

Shepherds and wise men will kneel and adore him
Seraphim round him their vigil will keep
Nations proclaim him their Lord and their Saviour
But Mary will hold him and sing him to sleep

Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
Silent night, holy night, all is calm and all is bright
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born

Find him at Bethlehem laid in a manger
Christ our Redeemer asleep in the hay
Godhead incarnate and hope of salvation
A child with his mother that first Christmas Day

Candlelight, angel light, firelight and star-glow
Shine on his cradle till breaking of dawn
Silent night, holy night, all is calm and all is bright
Angels are singing; the Christ child is born

김동률 - Prayer

Stuart Townend - Creation Sings and Salvation song.

Creation sings the Father’s song;
He calls the sun to wake the dawn
And run the course of day,
Till evening comes in crimson rays.
His fingerprints in flakes of snow,
His breath upon this spinning globe,
He charts the eagle's flight,
Commands the newborn baby's cry.

Hallelujah!
Let all creation stand and sing:
"Hallelujah!"
Fill the earth with songs of worship,
Tell the wonders of creation's King.

Creation gazed upon His face;
The ageless One in time's embrace,
Unveiled the Father's plan
Of reconciling God and man.
A second Adam walked the earth,
Whose blameless life would break the curse,
Whose death would set us free
To live with Him eternally.

Creation longs for His return,
When Christ shall reign upon the earth;
The bitter wars that rage
Are birth pains of a coming age.
When He renews the land and sky,
All heaven will sing and earth reply
With one resplendent theme:
The glory of our God and King.