24Dec 08
We Serve a Risen Savior!
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Though Christ indeed is risen, this phrase may seem a little out of place this time of year since we are celebrating the birth of Christ and will not be celebrating his resurrection until March or April.
Over the course of the year, our church fellowship has been 
ardently working on learning to sing in four part harmony. The progress by each member has been remarkable. We learned 3 hymns, one of them being “I Serve a Risen Savior.” Then over the Christmas season everyone worked hard on, “O Come, All Ye Faithful.”
When the time came to go Christmas caroling (last Sunday), a suggestion was made to sing “I Serve a Risen Savior.” After all, Christ is risen and offers salvation to all who will call upon Him.
This brings to mind what is the real reason for the season – proclaiming, as did the Shepherds in Luke 2 (v. 20), that 
Jesus is born and has come, as said Isaiah (Is. 61:1), to bring liberty to the captives (of sin)!
The idea quickly caught on and the decision then made to add “I Serve a Risen Savior” to our Christmas caroling list. And so amidst the traditional carols, we also sang the wonderful news of our risen Lord. No better gift could be received this Christmas than the free gift of salvation.
What a great idea! That really is the message of Christmas.
He lives! He lives!
Christ Jesus lives today.
He walks with me and talks with me
along life’s narrow way.
He lives! He lives!
Salvation to impart.
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart!
I would like to echo Robert’s sentiment. What a wonderful idea. Great job on thinking outside the box.
What a thrilling, fantastic idea! That must have been so wonderful to hear, to think about the climax of the Christmas story while caroling at Christmastime! May the happiness of Christmas continue to be yours throughout the new year!
Thanks for posting this. It was a blessing to be part of the singing group. I hope we can do this again next year – it definitely seemed make an impact on some of the listeners.
What a God honoring evening that was! It is amazing how often when you step out to bless others you end up receiving a blessing too!
Christmas caroling is such a unique, yet disapearing, way of sharing the Christmas spirit. It is a rewarding way of blessing others!
I agree it is a great way to bless others. Last year just the three of us went caroling. It was really neat watching the expressions on the faces of our wonderful neighbors and to know that everyone all around was blessed.
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