LOVE AND CHRIST

       

LOVE

        LIGHT THE FIRST PURPLE CANDLE, “Jesus is our HOPE”

        LIGHT SECOND  Purple CANDLE  Jesus is our  PEACE

LIGHT THE PINK CANDLE “Jesus is JOY”   

Matthew 2:1-2

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem  and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

       

        John 3:16-17

 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him

        LIGHT THE Last PURPLE CANDLE

We light this candle to represent LOVE.  God loved us so much he sent his only Son and Christ loved us enough to come to earth and lay down is life so that all people can be saved.  Throughout the year we may love others as Christ loves us.

        PRAYER

        Our Lord God and gracious Father, we thank You for Your Son and the gift He was and is to all

of us.      “Lord in You our hearts rejoice, for we trust in Your holy name.  May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You.” (from Psalm 21-22)

      CHRIST

        Christ Candle  (CHRISTMAS Eve)

"For unto you is born this day, in the City of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.”

        Luke 2:11   “CHRIST IS OUR HOPE”

        LIGHT THE 1st  PURPLE CANDLE

"Glory to God in the highest, PEACE on earth, good will toward men” Luke 2:14

        CHRIST IS OUR PEACE       

        LIGHT THE 2nd PURPLE CANDLE

“Behold, I bring you good news of a great JOY which will come to all the people…” Luke2:10

        “CHRIST IS OUR JOY” 

        LIGHT THE PINK CANDLE

But God demonstrates His own LOVE for us in this:  While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8  

        “CHRIST IS LOVE”

        LIGHT THE LAST  PURPLE CANDLE

        Jesus Christ is all of these, He is the Greatest gift.  He makes all these other gifts possible.  

So, we light the Christ candle now, as we think about what His coming means to each one of us.

LIGHT THE LARGE WHITE CANDLE 

1 John 4:9-12

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.  Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us

Prayer

Romans 15:13 “ May the God of HOPE fill you with all JOY  and PEACE as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”  

We thank you God, for your gift of Jesus Christ to the whole world.  We thank you that His coming makes HOPE, PEACE, JOY and LOVE possible for every person in every nation. Encourage us to do our part to bring goodwill, and peace to our families, our churches and our neighborhoods and the world.

Now, may Your Spirit fill us and our hearts so that this Christmas Day we bring You all the honor and glory befitting our Great and merciful Savior!  Amen