{"id":23897,"date":"2026-03-11T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/4-christmas-carols-that-prompt-us-to-pray\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:17:11","slug":"4-christmas-carols-that-prompt-us-to-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/4-christmas-carols-that-prompt-us-to-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Christmas Carols That Prompt Us to Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/7-of-the-loveliest-lines-in-christmas-carols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delights of the Christmas season is the music<\/a>. On the radio, in businesses, at home and at church we hear the sounds of silver bells, herald angels singing and yuletide carols being sung by a choir. Everyone has a favorite, but many miss the beautiful and timely prompts to prayer offered by some Christmas carols.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re driving, shopping, working or waiting, here are a few Christmas songs that are prayers\u2014or lend themselves to prayer:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) \u00a0\u201cAway in a Manger\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last verse of this familiar carol is a sweet prayer for children of all ages:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay<br \/>\nClose by me forever, and love me I pray.<br \/>\nBless all the dear children in Thy tender care,<br \/>\nAnd take us to heaven to live with Thee there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/rick-hamlin-sings-o-little-town-of-bethlehem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cO Little Town of Bethlehem\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phillips Brooks\u2019s enduring classic is another carol that turns to prayer (in the fourth stanza):<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">O holy Child of Bethlehem,<br \/>\nDescend to us, we pray;<br \/>\nCast out our sin and enter in,<br \/>\nBe born in us today.<br \/>\nWe hear the Christmas angels<br \/>\nThe great glad tidings tell;<br \/>\nO come to us, abide with us,<br \/>\nOur Lord Immanuel!<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/rick-hamlin-sings-in-the-bleak-midwinter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cIn the Bleak Midwinter\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Christina Rossetti poem, set to music, is one of my favorites. I like to turn the tender final verse into a prayer by changing the pronoun\u00a0<em>Him\u00a0<\/em>to\u00a0<em>You<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">What can I give You,<br \/>\nPoor as I am?<br \/>\nIf I were a shepherd<br \/>\nI would bring a lamb,<br \/>\nIf I were a wise man<br \/>\nI would do my part,<br \/>\nYet what I can I give You,<br \/>\nGive my heart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/rick-hamlin-sings-o-come-o-come-emmanuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cO Come, O Come, Emmanuel\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every verse of this ancient carol is a prayer (in fact, the verses follow the pattern of the \u201cO Antiphons,\u201d prayed or sung during Vespers in the last seven days of Advent in some liturgical Christian traditions). The last stanza (\u201cO Rex Gentium\u201d in Latin; \u201cO King of Nations\u201d in English) is a fitting climax:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">O come, Desire of nations, bind<br \/>\nIn one the hearts of all mankind;<br \/>\nBid Thou our sad divisions cease,<br \/>\nAnd be Thyself our King of peace.<\/p>\n<p>These are just four carols, of course, but they\u2019re the ones I pray most often and fervently during this holiday season. They not only put a song in my heart, but <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/a-minute-with-rick-how-to-pray-with-a-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a prayer as well<\/a>, and that makes my Christmas celebration all the more meaningful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the delights of the Christmas season is the music. On the radio, in businesses, at home and at church we hear the sounds of silver bells, herald angels singing and yuletide carols being sung by a choir. 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