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Welcome to ourSilent Christmas LessonPlease No TalkingThe
purpose in presenting this in silence is to help you feel the
spirit in different ways. You will be reading, writing, listening
and watching. Each of you have been given a paper and pencil. This
will be used to write your answers as well as any thoughts or
feelings you may have throughout the lesson.
Two thousand and twelve years ago every one of us peered out
over the veil of time and distance and watched with wonder as the
birth of our Savior, our older brother, took place. What a glorious
occasion that must have been! Im sure we laughed, we cried, we
celebrated. This was the moment we had waited for! This was the
part of our Fathers plan most precious and Holy! So glorious was
this moment that we spontaneously joined our voices together and
began to sing! A sublime chorus of notes and voices blended
together to create one of the sweetest sounds ever to come from the
Heavens! So great was our joy and our celebrating that the sounds
could be heard even to the ends of the earth.
Angels We Have Heard On High
How does it make you feel knowing you were so excited that you
shouted for joy, and believed when Jesus Christ was born?
Do you know who you are in relation to our Savior Jesus Christ?
Who?
When you are finished put your pen on your lap and listen to the
words of the song.
When darkness falls and night besets my soulHer gentle song
still sings of brighter hopeAbove the voice of sorrowBeyond all
bitter tearsEchoes of that lullaby linger through the years
When Mary sang her lullaby of loveAnd cradled in her arms the
Holy ChildIn that poor and lowly placeHallowed by his grace'twas a
lullaby to comfort all the world Darkness fell o'er Bethlehem at
lastAnd hastened weary travelers to their restThe empty streets all
silent,All silent was the nightAll silent 'neath the star of stars
aglow with heaven's light
Then Mary sang her lullaby of loveAnd cradled in her arms the
Holy ChildIn that poor and lowly placeHallowed by his grace'twas a
lullaby to comfort all the world
Darkness fell o'er shepherds in the fieldsTill heaven's joyful
tidings were revealedThe angels' song of gloryRe-echoed o'er the
plainsWhile in a stable, soft and low, a sweeter song remained
For Mary sang her lullaby of loveAnd cradled in her arms the
Holy ChildIn that poor and lowly placeHallowed by his grace'twas a
lullaby to comfort all the world
Open your scriptures and read Luke 1:26-35(Holy Bible Page
1273)
.Fear Not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. Thou shalt
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Do you think Mary understood all that the Angel Gabriel told
her?
Read Luke 1:38
What was her response?
When the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her she would
bringforth a son, she did not ask, "Why me?" she did not argue. She
did notdoubt. She did not hesitate.
Mary believed that it would happen!How can you take Marys
example and make it a part of your life?
Watch now as we go back in time and experience what it might
have been like when Jesus was born.
The Nativity
There in the sheltered warmth of a cave, beneath the limestone
hills of Bethlehem, Jesus was born and cradled in a manger. He left
his Holy station; he left all the Glory and Majesty to enter the
body of an infant.
The birth of Christ IS TRUE!Mary believed it would happen.
Shepherds believed that it did indeed happen.Do you believe as they
did?
President Hinckley said that because of our certain knowledge of
His living reality, we, of all people can sing: Joy to the world,
the Lord is come. Let earth receive her King! Let evry heart,
prepare him room, and saints and angels sing. We honor Him, we
worship Him, we love Him as our redeemer, The Great Jehovah of the
Old Testament, the Messiah of the New Testament. The entire thrust
of the testimony of the Book of Mormon and Doctrine & Covenants
declares our living Lord before whom we kneel in humility and
faith. It is proper during this season when we commemorate His
birth that we remember the Lord Jesus Christ in reverence and with
love. He has done for us what we could not do for ourselves. He has
brought meaning to our mortal existence. He has given us the gift
of eternal life. He was and is the Son of God, who was made flesh
and dwelt among us (John 1:14). There would be no Christmas if
there had not been an Easter. The babe Jesus of Bethlehem would be
but another baby, without the redeeming Christ of Gethsemane and
Calvary, and the triumphant fact of the Resurrection
We, as your Young Women leaders, echo the testimony of our
beloved prophet President Hinckley of the Lord Jesus Christ, the
Son of the Eternal, Living God. None so great has ever walked the
earth. None other has made a comparable sacrifice or granted a
comparable blessing. He is the Savior and the Redeemer of the
world. (We) believe in Him. (We) declare His divinity without
equivocation or compromise. (We) love Him. (We) speak His name in
reverence and wonder. (We) worship Him as (we) worship the Father,
in spirit and in truth. (We) thank Him and kneel before His beloved
Son, who reached out so long ago and said to each of us come unto
me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you
rest. (Matt. 11:28)
Please watch this video about our Savior and then take a few
minutes to write down your feelings about our Savior, the Redeemer
of the world!
I know that my Redeemer lives
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The First Noel (Piano Solo)Sally DeFord Music, track 1205334.67
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The First Noel (Piano Solo)Sally DeFord Music, track 1205334.67
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When Mary Sang Her Lullaby (Heather Prusse)Sally DeFord Music,
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null223608.0Away in a MangerAn Orchestra of Angels/Mormon
Tabernacle ChoirSing, Choirs of Angels!, track
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