12月19日
齐来崇拜
“伯利恒的以法他啊，你在犹大诸城中为小，将来必有一位从你那里出来，在以色列中为我作掌权的；他的根源从亘古，从太初就有。”
弥迦书 5:2
两千年来，人们都在庆祝耶稣的降生。事实上，应该是更长的时间，因为在耶稣降生之前，人们就在期盼祂的到来。先知弥迦曾预言祂会降生在伯利恒；以赛亚预见到祂伟大的事工；西面一生都在等待着这个婴孩的到来。庆祝救主弥赛亚的降生是历史上最伟大的传统之一。
在18世纪，约翰·弗朗西丝·韦德（John Frances Wade）发表了一首名为《齐来崇拜》（Adeste Fidelis）的歌曲，他希望全世界一齐来敬拜耶稣，庆祝祂的降生：
齐来，宗主信徒，快乐又欢欣，齐来，一齐来，大家上伯利恒；来朝见圣婴，天使王已降生；齐来虔诚同崇拜，主基督。
今日祷告：
耶稣，在这个圣诞节，让我与众人一齐来敬拜祢。阿们。
December 19
Venite Adoremus
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.
MICAH 5:2
For 2,000 years people have been celebrating the birth of Jesus. Actually, it has been longer than that, because even before Jesus was born people were anticipating his arrival. The prophet Micah had predicted his arrival in Bethlehem, Isaiah had foreseen his powerful ministry, and Simeon had waited his whole life to hold him. Celebrating the birth of the Messiah is one of the greatest traditions of history.
In the 1700s, John Frances Wade published a song known as Adeste Fideles in a collection of hymns known as the Cantus Diversi. He wanted the world to come and adore the birth of Jesus.
Adeste fideles, Laeti trimphantes, Venite, venite in Bethlehem. Natum videte, Regem angelorum.
Venite adoremus; Venite adoremus; Venite adoremus, Dominum.
【O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant! O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore Him, (3×) Christ the Lord.】
Pray for the Day:
Jesus, let me, and countless others, adore you this Christmas. Amen.
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