FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
December 24, 2006
Church Items:
It is our hope and prayer that you have a blessed Christmas Day tomorrow and that you celebrate with us in worshiping the birth of Christ on this Christmas Eve.
Terry and Doris and the entire Tucker family thank the church for their kindness and generosity during their time of bereavement.
Christmas Quotes:
Jesus is “the One, the calling, before all answering love.” If we remember Him this Christmas season, we will respond with “hope, fear, and boundless desire” to worship Him. “Bland, insipid, and pedestrian worship” is to have no place when remembering the Messiah’s coming. (George McDonald)
In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens told us the story of the miser Scrooge and his regrets at being shown his failures by the Ghost of Christmas Past. While Charles Dickens didn't explain salvation and forgiveness to us in his Christmas story, God clearly explains it in His. At Bethlehem, more than 2,000 years ago, a Savior was born who came into the world not to reform us, but to regenerate us; not to make us better, but to make us new; and not to shame us, but to save and sanctify us. The Bible's Christmas story is what separates Christianity from every other religion in the world. It is the story of God doing for man what man could never do for himself: remove the burden of past, present, and future sins. (David Jeremiah)
Prayer Requests:
Joy, prayer for recuperation/healing; Carol’s neighbor Eleanor, medical; Ellie, friend of Bertie, medical; Co-worker of Lisa, lost infant child; Ron’s Dad, Dan, health; Lynn to raise grandson James, and medical; Carolyn’s great nephew, accident; Mike and Lynn Tucker, the passing of their daughter Tabitha Tucker, Terry & Doris’ granddaughter
Today’s Sunday School Lesson:
The Life of David - II Samuel 13-14
David's sons, Amnon and Absalom
Today’s Sermon:
The Coming Deliverer
Isaiah 9
WORSHIP SERVICE:
Scripture Reading:
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. Luke 2:15
Go Tell It on the Mountain p. 138
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Special Greg)
Come On Ring Those Bells p. 153
Ring the Bells (refer to bulletin)
I Heard the Bells p. 152
The Child of Bethlehem (refer to bulletin)
A Strange Way to Save the World (Special Greg)
Silent Night p. 147
Offering and Message: Link to Message
"For He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace"
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