Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Close the path to misery! What a beautiful prayer---

What a wonderful prayer and meditation for the advent season.

Ransom Israel, speak through your church, defend Your people, Show Yourself strong, Redeem and deliver from sin and death- and then...close the path to misery! Halleluia, that we can trust God to work through His Church to answer this prayer that we pray every Advent.




O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
Who to thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times didst give the law
In cloud and majesty and awe.

O come, thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell thy people save,
And give them victory o'er the grave.

O come, thou Dayspring from on high
And cheer us by thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
O come, thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heav'nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.

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