Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Christmas Eve
It has been a good Christmas Eve. We went caroling in the evening around the town area. We went to One Raffles Link, followed by Marina Square, followed by Raffles City, followed by Esplanade. We ended off with Esplanade with a bang, and everyone was so high lah.
We sang:
White Christmas
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.
Mary's Boy Child
Long time ago in Bethlehem,
so the Holy Bible said,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ,
was born on Christmas Day.
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore,
because of Christmas Day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
listen to what they say,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ
was born on Christmas Day.
Hark the herald angels sing
Hark! The herald angels sing!
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
Let's praise Him
Everybody let's praise Him
Let's praise His name tonight
Praise His name
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies!
With th' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Angels we have heard on high
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria...
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo.
O come ye faithful
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels!
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Silent night
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Joy to the world
Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
let men their songs employ,
while fields and floods,
rocks,hills and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
And repeat and repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shinny nose
and if you ever saw it
you would even say it glows.
All of the other reigndeer
used to laugh and call him names,
they never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Santa came to say "Rudolph with
your nose so bright,
woun’t you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him,
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer,
you’ll go down in history.
We wish you a merry Christmas
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!
Actions and dance we have but sorry I dun know how to describe it in this blog.
Anyway, the following section is for the YRC:
Neither gold nor silver I have, but what I have I will give to you.
I will carry on giving the bible for the gift exchange. Cos in my definition, it's not a religious book. It's never a religious book. God is alive and His Words are living (and I'm not deluded). Therefore I will carry on giving the bible for the gift exchange. Increase the price, and I will get a more expensive bible. This is all I have that I can give to you. The Words in the bible is only available because it is paid in blood and tears literally, so it's expensive, perhaps the most valuable gift that I can give. The only way to stop me: cut me off, or convince me that the bible is crap with CONCRETE EVIDENCE.
So what is the meaning of Christmas, if you decided to spend a night at somewhere, watching movies and playing cards. How about the reason why you celebrate Christmas in the first place. I can't believe, that you celebrate Christmas and yet reject the subject of Christmas. The Words will continue to knock on your doorstep. Convince me that what I'm doing is unreasonable. Or otherwise, cut me off.
This is bold declaration. I'm not sure if I'm being wise doing so. But if this is the marketplace God wants me to be, He will not allow cutting me off to happen. But I realise that I have been idle for too long. So just now when Jiadai and Jan (the J partners?) asked us to write our wishes down to God, I wrote: I want to bring His Kingdom to everywhere He leads me to, the rest of my life, I know He will settle it for me. This is a Christmas resolution. Brothers and sisters, are you all with me? We bring the Kingdom to wherever we go, and transform our marketplaces inside out, and drive the influence of that stupid serpent out of them.
Amen!!!
It has been a good Christmas Eve. We went caroling in the evening around the town area. We went to One Raffles Link, followed by Marina Square, followed by Raffles City, followed by Esplanade. We ended off with Esplanade with a bang, and everyone was so high lah.
We sang:
White Christmas
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white.
Mary's Boy Child
Long time ago in Bethlehem,
so the Holy Bible said,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ,
was born on Christmas Day.
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
a king was born today,
And man will live for evermore,
because of Christmas Day.
Trumpets sound and angels sing,
listen to what they say,
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ
was born on Christmas Day.
Hark the herald angels sing
Hark! The herald angels sing!
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
Let's praise Him
Everybody let's praise Him
Let's praise His name tonight
Praise His name
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies!
With th' angelic host proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem."
Hark! The herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Angels we have heard on high
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains. Gloria...
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo
Gloria Inexcelsis Deo.
O come ye faithful
O come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels!
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Silent night
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Joy to the world
Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King.
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
let men their songs employ,
while fields and floods,
rocks,hills and plains
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
And repeat and repeat the sounding joy.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shinny nose
and if you ever saw it
you would even say it glows.
All of the other reigndeer
used to laugh and call him names,
they never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Santa came to say "Rudolph with
your nose so bright,
woun’t you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then how the reindeer loved him,
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer,
you’ll go down in history.
We wish you a merry Christmas
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!
Actions and dance we have but sorry I dun know how to describe it in this blog.
Anyway, the following section is for the YRC:
Neither gold nor silver I have, but what I have I will give to you.
I will carry on giving the bible for the gift exchange. Cos in my definition, it's not a religious book. It's never a religious book. God is alive and His Words are living (and I'm not deluded). Therefore I will carry on giving the bible for the gift exchange. Increase the price, and I will get a more expensive bible. This is all I have that I can give to you. The Words in the bible is only available because it is paid in blood and tears literally, so it's expensive, perhaps the most valuable gift that I can give. The only way to stop me: cut me off, or convince me that the bible is crap with CONCRETE EVIDENCE.
This is also a declaration of war:
To you, yes, you. The one responsible for where we are right now!!!! You are defeated on Easter. Now begone. I will bring the Kingdom to wherever I go and chase you away. Begone!!!! The only way to stop me: cut me off, and you know you can't.
So what is the meaning of Christmas, if you decided to spend a night at somewhere, watching movies and playing cards. How about the reason why you celebrate Christmas in the first place. I can't believe, that you celebrate Christmas and yet reject the subject of Christmas. The Words will continue to knock on your doorstep. Convince me that what I'm doing is unreasonable. Or otherwise, cut me off.
This is bold declaration. I'm not sure if I'm being wise doing so. But if this is the marketplace God wants me to be, He will not allow cutting me off to happen. But I realise that I have been idle for too long. So just now when Jiadai and Jan (the J partners?) asked us to write our wishes down to God, I wrote: I want to bring His Kingdom to everywhere He leads me to, the rest of my life, I know He will settle it for me. This is a Christmas resolution. Brothers and sisters, are you all with me? We bring the Kingdom to wherever we go, and transform our marketplaces inside out, and drive the influence of that stupid serpent out of them.
Amen!!!
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