PSALMS FOR CHRISTMAS: Christmas Celebration
FamilyLife Today®
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🗓️ 18 December 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
We decorate in December--but the truth behind Christmas celebration feeds an ecstatic life. Author Dane Ortlund explores what’s feast-worthy about Psalm 95.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Shelby Abbott, and this is Psalms for Christmas Time, a podcast mini-series from |
| 0:07.0 | Family Life with pastor and author, Dane Orland. |
| 0:12.0 | Dane is written a book in the Lord I Take Refuge, 150 daily devotions through the Psalms. |
| 0:19.0 | And all this month, with a gift of any amount, not only will your donation be matched, |
| 0:24.0 | we'll send you a copy of the book to dive deeper into the Psalms and stir your affections |
| 0:29.0 | for Jesus Christ. |
| 0:31.0 | To learn more about how to give, visit FamilyLifeToday.com. |
| 0:38.0 | Psalms 95. |
| 0:39.0 | Oh, come, let us sing to the Lord. |
| 0:42.0 | Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh, come, let us worship and bow down. |
| 0:48.0 | Let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker, for He is our God, |
| 0:52.0 | and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. |
| 0:57.0 | In this Christmas season, we know that we're, quote, unquote, supposed to celebrate. |
| 1:04.0 | Some people started the day after Thanksgiving, some people started in early October, |
| 1:10.0 | and whatever your opinion about that might be, we all know that the end of the year |
| 1:15.0 | leads toward celebration. |
| 1:18.0 | But the Psalms point us in some very specific directions to tell us to celebrate for a specific purpose. |
| 1:25.0 | We're going to be talking today about Psalm 95 with author and pastor, Dane Orland. |
| 1:30.0 | Dane, how are we to celebrate as Christians as we're looking through the lens of the Psalms, |
| 1:35.0 | specifically this Psalm 95? |
| 1:37.0 | I love this Psalm. |
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