{"id":29058,"date":"2015-12-13T00:15:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T05:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=29058"},"modified":"2015-12-13T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T16:23:29","slug":"god-has-come-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/13\/god-has-come-to-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"God Has Come To Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23090\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg\" alt=\"phssChristmasgraphic2014\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg 560w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">All praise to You, eternal Lord<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> You chose a manger for Your throne<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> While worlds on worlds are Yours alone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">Once did the skies before You bow<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> A virgin&#8217;s arms cradle You now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And angels who in You rejoice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Now listen for Your infant voice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> They sing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em>Glory in the highest<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em> For there&#8217;s no other name by which we can be saved<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em> Glory in the highest<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em> Heaven and Earth forever will proclaim<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"><em> God has come to Earth<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">O, little Child, You are our guest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> That weary ones in You may rest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Forlorn and lowly is Your birth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> That we may rise<\/span> <span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">to Heaven from Earth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> Singing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">O come let us adore Him<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> O come let us adore Him<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> O come let us adore Him<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> O come let us adore Him<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">And there&#8217;s no other name by which we can be saved<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> And Heaven and Earth forever will proclaim<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">God has come to Earth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> God has come to Earth<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #a11e24;\"> God has come to Earth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5aAlb5YEbbE?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Aaron Shust<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">* \u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 *<\/span><\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David, to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. \u00a0While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. \u00a0Then she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough\u2014because there was no room for them at the lodging place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Luke 2:4-7<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His first throne was a manger. \u00a0And now, He is seated at the right hand of His Father. \u00a0This baby, born to Joseph and Mary, would change the world forever!<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was born to walk the earth. \u00a0He went through things&#8212;hard things&#8212;so that we could see that all would be OK. \u00a0He taught us how to love and how to serve. \u00a0He showed us that it is awesome to be friends with sinners&#8230;because there are no perfect people, except Him. He performed miracle after miracle, just to prove Who His Father is, so that all would believe and live eternally with Him.<\/p>\n<p>He brought dead to life and restored sight to the blind. \u00a0He healed by just a touch. \u00a0And, oh how He loved! \u00a0Everyone He came in contact with went away better. \u00a0And then He died on a cross, broken and poured out for us. He crushed every sin we would ever commit so that we, too, could live with Him in heaven.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s adore Him today as they did on that night so long ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel,<br \/>\npraising God and saying:<br \/>\nGlory to God in the highest heaven,<br \/>\nand peace on earth to people He favors!<br \/>\nLuke 2:13-14<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a11e24;\">* \u00a0\u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271d \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2605 \u00a0 *<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Let us pray<\/span><\/em>: Dearest God, oh how we love You! \u00a0Oh, how we worship You and bow down at Your feet. \u00a0We lay down all our burdens today and we ask that You take our worries. \u00a0Thank You that You are for us and that nothing that we have done can separate us from You. \u00a0Help us to remember what this season is about; and to not get so wrapped up in the gifts that we don&#8217;t have, but to remember the only Gift that we need&#8230;You, Jesus. \u00a0Remind us, too, that the same miracles that happened back then can happen today. \u00a0You are enough! \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All praise to You, eternal Lord Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood You chose a manger for Your throne While worlds on worlds are Yours alone Once did the skies before You bow A virgin&#8217;s arms cradle You now And angels who in You rejoice Now listen for Your infant voice They sing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":23090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[9785,4698,4663,8000,9787,425,9786,518,589,7919,5860,4932],"class_list":["post-29058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-aaron-shust","tag-baby-jesus","tag-christmas-carols","tag-christmas-songs","tag-christmas-story","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-has-come-to-earth","tag-hope","tag-kim-spring","tag-luke-2","tag-miracles-of-jesus","tag-psalms-hymns-spiritual-songs","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/phssChristmasgraphic2014.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-7yG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29058"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29073,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29058\/revisions\/29073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}