{"id":5746,"date":"2015-12-10T17:17:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T23:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2015-12-10T17:17:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T23:17:46","slug":"christmas-songs-for-christmastime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/christmas-songs-for-christmastime\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Songs for Christmastime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is that one time of year when we&#8217;ll hear about the birth and work of Christ\u00c2\u00a0in song in just about any and every context, from restaurants to retail stores. These songs play because they are time tested and familiar, even to those who aren&#8217;t Christians. Many of these songs we&#8217;ll sing together on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>But there are newer songs for the season too. Sovereign Grace has gifted the church with a series of new tunes and songs for Christmas. One of them, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B017NAHVRE\/ref=dm_ws_tlw_trk12\">Prepare Him Room<\/a>,&#8221; we will sing together on Sunday. It&#8217;s from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B017NAIDUS\/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp\">an album of Christmas songs<\/a> by that title. Here&#8217;s a video of the song followed by the lyrics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/egjsEQ6zKpA?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Prepare Him Room&#8221;<br \/>\nWords and Music by Rebecca Elliott and Dave Fournier<\/p>\n<p>O behold, the mystery now unfolds<br \/>\nSee the star shine on the virgin foretold<br \/>\nAngels sing and light up the sky<br \/>\nHope rings out in a newborn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cry<br \/>\nSwing wide, you ancient gates<br \/>\nFor Christ is born today!<\/p>\n<p><em>Prepare Him room<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Prepare Him room<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Let the King of glory enter in<\/em><\/p>\n<p>God with us, the promise has come to be<br \/>\nThis, the one the prophets were longing to see<br \/>\nIn the darkness a blazing light<br \/>\nTo the hungry the words of life<br \/>\nHis kingdom now is near<br \/>\nFor those with ears to hear<\/p>\n<p>Oh, our hearts, as busy as Bethlehem<br \/>\nHear Him knock, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no room in the inn<br \/>\nThrough the cradle, cross, and grave<br \/>\nSee the love of God displayed<br \/>\nNow He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s risen and He reigns<br \/>\nPraise the Name above all names!<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a9 2014 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI) All rights reserved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B017NAIDUS\/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp\/desesprichur-20\">Click here<\/a> to download the album,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B017NAIDUS\/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp\/desesprichur-20\"><em>Prepare Him Room<\/em><\/a>. If you haven&#8217;t subscribed to the DSC Music Blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/ministries\/music\/blog\/\">check it out<\/a>. Drew publishes a weekly Sunday Recap post with a list of songs we sang that Sunday along with links to audio, lyrics, and chord charts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is that one time of year when we&#8217;ll hear about the birth and work of Christ\u00c2\u00a0in song&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/christmas-songs-for-christmastime\/\">Continue Reading &rsaquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5746"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5747,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5746\/revisions\/5747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}