“Glory to God in the highest heaven…” giving glory to God is a major theme of the Incarnation/Christmas story – the messengers from Heaven stated it clearly to the shepherds that glory was ascending to God and peace was descending to earth.
My young family was part of the dream and part of church plant in San Ramon, CA back in 1995-96. The sentence chosen to express our mission/theme agreed with the angels’ that it was our purpose to give glory to God. We expressed in this way, “To the glory of God, by the power of His Spirit, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we are.” In the beginning season of this new congregation, we chose to put an emphasis on the arts in the expressions of our worship and teachings and I wrote the song, “To The Glory of God”. We were still a fledgling church when we recorded an album of some of our favorite worship songs; it included, “To the Glory of God”.
To The Glory of God
Written by Douglas C. Eltzroth
To the glory of God
By the power His Spirit
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
We shall do what we do
To the glory of God
By the power His Spirit
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
We shall go where we go
To the glory of God
By the power His Spirit
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
We shall say what we say
We shall go where we go
We shall do what we do
To the glory of God
© 1995 Douglas C Eltzroth c/o www.collage.org
37 Days of Christmas 