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good evening this is Billy Graham would
you like to have the most beautiful and
wonderful Christmas you’ve ever known to
experience for yourself what true love
is really all about then join me and my
special guest and discover for yourself
what Christmas can mean for you and your
family this
year oh
come
joyful and
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Come
the come and
behold for the king of angels oh come
let us
adore oh come let us adore you oh come
let us
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for sheers in Fields as they lay
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is Angels Sing glory to the new
kingace Earth and mercy my God and
sing joyful all ye nations rise Jo the
Triumph of the
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newborn king the newborn
king to the world the lord is let Earth
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King let every
heart and heaven and
nature heaven and nature
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brother this is just so fantastic LNO
isn’t this beautiful beautiful oh was
the snow and everything yeah the spirit
is here Christmas is always my favorite
time of the year anyway but especially
since my children have come you know
that I know we were just blessed with
the boy ourselves and it does make a
special Dimension to chist it does
because it gives it gives us an
opportunity at our house to to talk
about you know the tinsil and the trees
and the presents and all that kind of
stuff but to to kind of bring that
around to the fact that the the greatest
gift of all was the gift that God gave
us Jesus the important gift the one none
of us could live without not me I
wouldn’t want to try oh I’m not going to
either oh Cliff how you doing Brother
come on we’ve just had a great time with
a bunch of international students
sharing What Christmas Means to them in
their own country and of course being
away from their country now some of them
are alone at this time but uh sharing
you know we do learn some of our best
lessons from our children don’t we
you’ll find it out as they grow a little
older I remember some Christmases ago
one of our daughters gave to her mother
a sponge and an SOS pad and with it a
little note that said Mommy with these I
give you myself to help you in the
kitchen and it reminded us that we don’t
have to have a lot of things to make
Christmas what it really ought to be and
regardless of what we have or don’t have
we can give one of the best gifts of all
and that’s our self and love and service
to others that’s right by the way have
we said Merry Christmas to each other
yet come to think of it lell we haven’t
we’ve been too
busy you guys we wish you a Merry
Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas
we wish you a merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year we wish you a Merry
Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas
we wish you a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year Tidings to you and all of
your Tidings Merry Christmas and Happ
new wish you a Merry Christmas we wish
you a Merry Christmas we wish you a
Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year the of la la la la la la la la the
to
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be the
an see the Blazing you
us strike the harp and join the
chorus
me while I tell Christmas treasure la la
la la pass way the old
passes the news
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sing
together
wind We wish you a Merry Christmas we
wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry
Christmas
Oh Holy
Night the stars are brightly
shining it is the night of my dear
savior’s
birth long lay the world in sin and ER
till he
appeared and the Soul felt its
wor a thrill of
Hope the we World
rejoices for y
breaks a new and glorious
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on your
knees oh
here the
Angels
voice oh
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night
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divine oh
night when Christ was
born
oh
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div
night oh night
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divine
truly he taught us to love one
another his law is love and his
gospel is
peace chains shall he break for the
slave is our
brother and in his name all oppression
shall
cease sweet hyms of of
joy in ever chorus rise we let all
within us praise His holy
name
Christ he is the
Lord
and ever
praise we his
power and
Glory
ever more
Proclaim your
power and
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glory
for proclaim
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the
angel
glory to the
newborn
king
glory to
the
peace on Earth and
mercy
mind God and
siners
reconcile
joyful all ye
nations
rise join the
trium of the
Skies with and
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Proclaim Christ is born
in heart the
her angel
sing
glory to the
newborn
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king
the heaven born Prince of
Peace hail the
son of
rightousness light and Life to all he
brings risen with
healing in his
wings mild he lays his
glory
by born bad man no more may
die Born to Raise the sons of earth born
to give them
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angel
sing
Glory
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silent
night
holy
night all is
God all is
and
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childly tend
and in
heavenly
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some months ago I flew over a little
town in the beautiful Austrian outs as I
looked down from 30,000 ft I could not
help but remember that scene 160 years
ago it was Christmas Eve and in orendorf
the Reverend Joseph Moore the
26-year-old assistant pastor of St
Nicholas church was troubled mice had
eaten into the Bellas of the old church
organ and there would be no music at the
Christmas Eve service however Jose
Joseph Moore sat down and quickly wrote
a poem of six stanzas celebrating the
glory of the birth of Jesus Christ he
brought the poem to the church organist
and requested that the musician set the
words to music that night gruba and more
sang their melody Little dreaming that
this song would go around the world and
become possibly the greatest Christmas
Carol of them all silent night holy
night seems like a romantic dream or
even a false hope that vanishes in the
face of the realities of life but there
can be peace in our hearts when we turn
to the only true source of peace Jesus
Christ think back to that first
Christmas almost 2,000 years ago you
remember the story it was probably late
at night on The Plains just a few miles
outside the little village of Bethlehem
the Stars Shone like diamonds in the sky
and the little band of weary Shepherds
had settled down to sleep on the cold
Rocky ground they had no reason to
expect it would be different from any
other night just as you may think in
your own life that nothing can change
but God had other plans for this was the
night that would be the most important
night in human history the night when
God himself would come to Earth listen
to Luke’s account of that remarkable
night and lo the angel of the Lord Came
Upon them and the glory of the Lord
Shone round about them and they were
sore afraid and the angel said unto them
fear not for behold I bring you good
tidings of great joy which shall be to
all people for unto you is Born This Day
in the city of David a savior which is
Christ the lord can you imagine the fear
that must have gripped their hearts one
translation says and they were Terror
stricken but the first words of the
angels to those Shepherds were
fear not there’s good news fear not
because Christ has come and he makes all
the difference because Christ has come
you need not be bound by fear and
despair you can know that all is calm
and all is bright because of Christ you
know four times in the gospel accounts
of Christmas the Angels use that
expression fear not Zacharias an old man
was filled with fear when he was told
told that he would be the father of John
the Baptist who would be the Forerunner
of the Messiah the angel told him fear
not Mary was told that she would have
the awesome privilege of bearing the Son
of God fear filled her at first but the
angel said fear not Mary Joseph
betrothed to the Virgin Mary was filled
with fear and embarrassment when he
discovered she was pregnant but the
angel declared fear not for that which
is conceived in her is of the Holy
Ghost then when the holy child was born
the angel came to those Shepherds that
we spoke about a moment ago and said
fear not for behold I bring you good
tidings of great joy for unto you is
born a savior which is Christ the
lord and that is what God says to us
today no matter what our fears may be it
is what he says to you right now fear
not fear not because Christ has come
because there’s no longer any reason to
be gripped and enslaved by fear think of
the fears that so easily assault us this
fear of problems that we face and what
we think they may do to us but no matter
what problem you face the Bible says
fear not why because Christ is with you
Jesus declared in the world you shall
have tribulation but be of good cheer I
have overcome the world he invites you
today to break your cares and your
burdens to him come unto me all ye that
laay but a heavy laden and I will give
you rest he said or there’s the fear of
loneliness you’re never alone when you
know Christ he has promised low I’m with
you always even unto the end of the
world you were created for fellowship
with God and when you come to Christ he
makes you a child of God you have a
special relationship with him and
nothing can take that away because
Christ made it possible through his
death on the cross then there’s the fear
of death there was another time in the
Bible when the angel came and said fear
not it was spoken to the women who came
to the Tomb of Jesus early on that first
Christmas morning and discovered the
tomb was empty fear not ye he is not
here for He Is
Risen Christ is the answer to death by
his death on the cross and his
resurrection from the dead he took away
the sting of death death he took away
our sins by dying on the cross in our
place and by putting your faith in him
as your lord and Savor you can know the
joy of forgiveness and peace with God
Christmas was just the beginning ahead
was the cross and Beyond the cross was
the empty tomb the Cradle the cross and
the crown all go together if we’re to
understand Christ and the difference he
can make in our lives you see Christ is
come to take away the source of our
fears fears are real and Christ does not
tell us that we should simply cheer up
and they’ll all go away it’s right to
fear death if we do not know Christ it
is right to fear loneliness or the
problems that seem to overwhelm us
because those things are very real but
so is Christ and when we realize that he
has dealt with sin and made it possible
for us to be reconciled to God then we
do not need to be paralyzed by fear and
any longer instead we should do what the
Shepherds did come to Christ come to him
with our sins and cast them at his feet
then we can know silent night holy night
then we can know what the Bible calls
the peace of God which passeth all
understanding Jesus promised peace I
leave with you my peace I give unto you
not as the world giveth give I unto you
let not your heart be troubled neither
Let It Be Afraid
yet there can be no doubt that in the
midst of all the Christmas rush the
Prince of Peace has often been left out
and we too often forget that it is
actually his birthday that we’re
celebrating the precise meaning of that
first Christmas was clear God has come
to Earth in human form and the impact
was so great that calendars were torn up
old prejudices were laid aside and
eventually millions of Earth’s people
began to walk in a newness of life
and talk about the possibility of peace
on Earth nearly 2,000 years ago the
Angels revealed to the wondering and
trembling Shepherds the Glorious news
that there was born that very day in the
city of David a savior which is Christ
the lord you see these were not ordinary
Shepherds they watched the sheep that
would be sacrifices on the altar of the
temple for the sins of the people and
these Shepherds were considered
religious outcasts because their job
made it impossible to keep the ranic law
how appropriate that the Angels gave the
most glorious message ever heard to them
first these sheep under the sentence of
death as if the angel said your time for
dying is almost over for the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world is
born tonight how appropriate he gave the
announcement to these Outcast Shepherds
for man had been spiritual Outcast ever
since the Garden of Eden and Jesus had
come to open open the way home there are
thousands of human schemes for social
and political Improvement many of them
are very good but they will ultimately
fail because they are not dealing with
man’s basic disease they change the
circumstances but leave the man
untouched they alter the surroundings
but have no power to change and
transform character if mankind is to be
saved at this tragic hour of History if
the world is to be transformed if we’re
to have peace then then salvation must
come from a source outside of man
Christmas emphasizes the Glorious truth
that what man is unable to do for
himself Jesus Christ has done for him
man could not save himself because he
could not deliver himself from the guilt
power and the consequences of sin man
was in Rebellion against God and had no
terms of peace to offer that could be
acceptable by God Only God himself could
make peace and this he did through the
atoning sacrifice of his son through the
merits of Christ’s life and death we are
offered full and free forgiveness
Christmas tells us what it cost God to
save the world for God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten son
Christ is God’s great Christmas gift to
the world the scripture says thanks be
unto God for his unspeakable gift
however the hope that was given to those
Shepherds on that first Christmas
morning is available only to those who
believe to know the pardon joy and peace
and power which comes through Christ man
must personally receive him by faith
faith must be real if the heart is to be
changed there are many of you watching
at this moment who long for peace in
your own heart at this Christmas time
you too can meet God at the foot of the
cross and find the peace that you’ve
searched for so long you say what do I
have to do do well you have to turn from
your sins receive Christ as your lord
and savior commit your life to him he
will come into your heart and this
Christmas you can spend knowing the
Christ of Christmas for the first time
whatever you need Jesus can meet It
Whatever the desires and longings of
your heart Christ can touch your life
and transform you and make you a new
person I’m going to ask you to make that
commitment and that decision tonight
what a wonderful time of the year to say
yes to Jesus Christ and let him change
your life and change many of the
circumstances that you find yourself in
now I’m going to ask you to follow along
a little prayer with me that I would
like to pray I want to pray for you
right now and with you and while we are
praying you make that heart commitment
to Jesus Christ and he will receive you
and he can transform you from the inside
out shall we
pray our father and our God we thank
thee for the Glorious Christmas gift
that you have given us in Jesus Christ
we thank thee for the power that he has
to transform our lives and to bring
peace to our troubled
hearts and I pray just now that those
that are watching will pray this little
prayer oh God I have sinned against you
I’m sorry for my sin I’m willing to turn
from my sin
and I receive you as Savior and I
confess Christ as Lord From This Moment
On I want to follow
him
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amen
the
everywhere go tell on the mountain that
Jesus Christ is born while keep
watching oh silent FL
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by go and tell he is
Christ the
lord
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oh
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