Unto you, you who were born in sin, you whose life is a record of transgression and iniquity and are therefore under the wrath of an offended God; unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, a Redeemer, an Emancipator, which is Christ the Lord, the promised Messiah, the Emmanuel, the God-with-us, the Mighty God!
Surely, no matter what our circumstances may be on this most holy day, we have every reason to lift our hearts in fervent prayer and say:
O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today
We hear the Christmas angels, the great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Immanuel
Herman W. Gockel, "Daily Walk with God," December 24 devotional
