Psalm 130:7-8

Christmas Eve

Psalm 130:7-8

Christmas is cancelled

Front Page. The Sunday Times. 20/12/2020 (use)

Christmas cancelled for millions.

Front Page. The Sunday Telegraph. 20/12/2020 (use)

Anyone singing In the Bleak Midwinter may want to write another verse.

Gallagher, J. 2020. Covid-19: Six million more people to enter tier 4 on Boxing Day - BBC News (use)

First Presbyterian church - ...that there was manifested in the world more of the Christmas spirit now than ever before. [pg.5].

Deseret Evening News., 1918. Christmas Services In Local Churches. (use)

And here it is glad tidings of great joy, because this is a deal, a deal to give certainty...

Johnson, Boris. 24th December 2020 I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. (use)

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. (use)

The values of Christianity of generosity, of kindness and hope, Have shone through this year.

Starmer, K. 2020. Too much has been lost this year. But there is light at the end of the tunnel - Keir Starmer. The Labour Party. (use)

Revelation 22:3

No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. (use)

Psalm 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! (use)

Jonah could not see that deep within the terror of the storm God's mercy was at work, drawing him back to change his heart. It's not surprising that Jonah missed this initially. He did not know how God would come into the world to save us.

Keller, T., 2018. The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God's Mercy. (use)

Third Presbyterian church - A matchless Christ in history.

Deseret Evening News., 1918. Christmas Services In Local Churches. (use)

Psalm 130:8

And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (use)

Isaiah 9:6-7

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. (use)

...very dark winter...

Biden, J., 2020. Joe Biden - US still facing 'very dark winter' despite promising coronavirus vaccine news - video. The Guardian. (use)

Once in a century event

Merkel. A, 2020. Merkel gets emotional in speech. DW News. (use)

Psalm 66:5

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man. (use)

Luke 2:11

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (use)

Acts 13:23

Of this man's {David} offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised. (use)

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them, (use)

And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way."

Haskins, M.L., 1908. The Gate of the Year. (use)

Quoted by George VI Christmas message 1939