{"id":474,"date":"2010-12-19T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T22:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=474"},"modified":"2010-12-19T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T22:23:01","slug":"great-new-christmas-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2010\/12\/19\/great-new-christmas-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Great (new) Christmas songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve done a couple of new songs at church this Christmas.\u00a0 The first is a song we’re learning as a congregation, We Will Seek You<\/a>, written by Mark Altrogge.\u00a0 It’s a part of their CD “Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man<\/a>“.\u00a0 Great message, and a melody that\u00a0<\/em>lifts you up and stays with you.<\/p>\n

Wise men saw a starry sign
\nAnd left their homes behind for You.
\nWe, too, have seen the Morning Star
\nAnd hope has filled our hearts anew.
\nSo like the wise men, we will come.<\/p>\n

And we will seek You.
\nWe will seek You.
\nWe will seek You,
\nWho sought us out to make us new.
\nWe will seek You.<\/p>\n

Wise men traveled long and far,
\nFollowing the star of God.
\nBut You\u2019ve come closer than the air,
\nYou brought us near by Your own blood.
\nSo like the wise men, we will come.<\/p>\n

Wise men came with gifts of gold,
\nFrankincense and myrrh for You.
\nWe\u2019ll bring hearts aflame with love,
\nGratefulness and praise to You.
\nSo like the wise men, we will come.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2006 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI).<\/em><\/p>\n

The other was a song written by Keith & Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend, “Fullness of Grace”.\u00a0 It comes from their “New Irish Hymns #3: Incarnation<\/a>” CD.\u00a0 It paints a somber, melodic picture of the hope we find in the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus – Gods’ gift in love to the world!<\/p>\n

Fullness of Grace in man’s human frailty,
\nThis is the wonder of Jesus.
\nLaying aside His power and glory,
\nHumbly He entered our world.
\nChose the path of meanest worth,
\nScandal of a virgin birth,
\nBorn in a stable cold and rejected,
\nHere lies the hope of the world.<\/p>\n

Fullness of Grace, the love of the Father,
\nShown in the face of Jesus.
\nStooping to bear the weight of humanity
\nWalking the Calvary road.
\nChrist, the holy Innocent
\nTook our sin and punishment.
\nFullness of God, despised and rejected,
\nCrushed for the sins of the world.<\/p>\n

Fullness of hope in Christ we had longed for,
\nPromise of God in Jesus.
\nThrough His obedience we are forgiven
\nOpening the floodgates of heaven.
\nAll our hopes and dreams we bring
\nGladly as an offering,
\nFullness of life and joy unspeakable,
\nGod’s gift in love to the world.<\/p>\n

Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend
\nCopyright \u00a9 Thankyou Music 2004<\/em><\/p>\n

The music of Christmas is outstanding, from the older Christmas carols to more contemporary\u00a0 like these two newer hymns.\u00a0 Celebrate the joy of Christmas this year – joy to the world, the LORD has come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve done a couple of new songs at church this Christmas.\u00a0 The first is a song we’re learning as a congregation, We Will Seek You, written by Mark Altrogge.\u00a0 It’s a part of their CD “Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man“.\u00a0 Great message, and a melody that\u00a0lifts you up and stays with you.… <\/p>\n

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