ADVENT CANDLES
Now we'll light the candles,
Candles in a ring;
So that they will light the way
For our coming King.
Ev'ry year they help us count
By their bright array
And remember why Christ came
On that Christmas Day!Thinking of God's promise
As we light the first:
Darkness He will overthrow
For our God is just!
Jesus is our only light
And through Him we pray
And remember why Christ came
On that Christmas Day!Prophets with a message
Of how Christ would come
To redeem a fallen world;
Calling us back home.
Guide us by this candle's flame;
May we never stray
But remember why Christ came
On that Christmas Day!John's voice in the desert
Said: "Christ's way prepare;
Crooked roads must be made straight,
Or God's wrath you'll share!"
Help us to repent our sins;
Light for us a way
To remember why Christ came
On that Christmas Day!Mary was so willing;
Bearing God's own Son:
Only by this Gift to us
Was our pardon won.
These four candles help us think
Of debts we can't repay
And remember why Christ came
On that Christmas Day!
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