Thank you for joining me for another year of the Christmas Music Advent! 

Whether this is your third year or your first, I’m grateful you’re here to celebrate the season with me. As always, previous years' calendars and playlists are still available on 2022 and 2023 tabs, so feel free to revisit for additional inspiration and music.

This year, I’m excited to introduce a new theme: Titles of Christ. Each day in December will highlight one of the many sacred titles and names of Jesus Christ, drawn from scripture and inspired resources. Accompanying these titles are Christmas hymns and different selected music that magnifies His divinity and mission. While most of the music will honor tradition, I’ve also included a few unique arrangements to keep the spirit of discovery alive.

The purpose of this project remains the same: to bring joy, peace, and faith into your Christmas season. As we reflect on the titles of our Savior, such as Wonderful Counsellor, Lamb of God, and Prince of Peace, I hope this Advent Calendar will deepen your understanding of who He is and what He offers to each of us.

Links to scriptures and study helps are included to support your study of Christ and strengthen your relationship with Him. Let us ALL draw closer to Him and truly know Him.

Together, let us rejoice and praise Him who is the light and life of the world.

Thank you for celebrating with me this year. May this Advent help you draw closer to Jesus Christ, whose names and titles teach us of His infinite love and sacrifice for each of us.

Thank you again for following along! 

Sincerely,

Dayton B. Martindale

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"And blessed art thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God" - 1 Nephi 11:6

"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest" - Luke 1:32

"He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he." - Deuteronomy 32:4

"Remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation" - Helaman 5:12

"And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him" - Luke 9:35

"One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other - This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!" - Joseph Smith History 1:17

"He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled" - John 3:29

"Wherefore, be faithful, praying always, having your lamps trimmed and burning, and oil with you, that you may be ready at the coming of the Bridegroom" - Doctrine and Covenants 33:17

"I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." - John 10:11

"Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of Christ" - Alma 5:38

"For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls" - 1 Peter 2:25

"Bishop - Greek episkopos, meaning 'overseer,' an office or position of responsibility. Hence, Jesus is called the 'Bishop of your souls'." - From the Bible Dictionary

"The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him." - John 3:2

“The Savior is the master teacher...Jesus has been described as a philosopher, an economist, a social reformer, and many other things. But more than these, the Savior was a teacher. If you were to ask, ‘What did Jesus have as an occupation?’ There is only one answer: He was a teacher. It is He who should be our ideal. It is He who is the master teacher.” - Boyd K. Packer, Mine Errand from the Lord (2008), pg. 336

"Rabbi - My master. Jewish title for a teacher, first used in time of Herod the Great; given to Christ." - Bible Dictionary 

"Behold I am the light; I have set an example for you." - 3 Nephi 18:16

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." - John 8:12

"Jesus Christ is the light and life of the world because all things were made by him. Under the direction and according to the plan of God the Father, Jesus Christ is the Creator, the source of the light and life of all things." - Dallin H. Oaks, October 1987, The Light and Life of the World

"The word wonderful comes from the Hebrew word for "miracle," suggesting both the Messiah's miraculous birth and the miracles He would perform during His life." - From the Liahona, 2009, Unto Us a Child is Born

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." - Isaiah 9:6

"Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works." - Jacob 4:10

"And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God." - Matthew 16:16

"We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles—that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God. He is the great King Immanuel, who stands today on the right hand of His Father. He is the light, the life, and the hope of the world. His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come. God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son." From The Living Christ, January 2000

"And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" - 1 John 2:1

"And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for the children of men" - Mosiah 15:8

"I am mindful of you always in my prayers, continually praying unto God the Father in the name of his Holy Child, Jesus, that he, through his infinite goodness and grace, will keep you through the endurance of faith on his name to the end." - Moroni 8:3

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -  John 3:16

"Behold, I am Jesus Christ the Son of God. I created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are. I was with the Father from the beginning." - 3 Nephi 9:15

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." - 2 Nephi 19:6

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." - John 14:27

"Peace can come to those who are not feeling well...peace can come to your soul as you build faith in the Prince of Peace...Peace can come to one who suffers in sorrow...Peace can come to those whose labors are heavy...Peace can come to those who mourn...Peace can come to all who earnestly seek the Prince of Peace...Peace can come to all who choose to walk in the ways of the Master." - Russel M. Nelson, December 2013, Jesus Christ—Our Prince of Peace

"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?" - Mark 6:3

"He was not an architect, nor a contractor, nor a builder. He was only a Galilean carpenter;  maker of wooden plows and oxen yokes. But He inspired the noblest, most marvelous architecture known to man. He Himself specialized in character engineering, to make men, human masterpieces. He took a Peter and made a Saint. He took a Saul and made a Paul. And He took you and me and He will make of us gods if we will comply and follow along. What a picture! So terrible and yet so sublime. So awesome and yet so grand. So painful and yet so productive." - Spencer W. Kimball from The Teaching of Spencer W. Kimball (see also "The Master Builder" in the Deseret News, July 24, 1993)

"For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith." - 2 Nephi 27:23

"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased because Christ hath ascended into heaven, and hath sat down on the right hand of God, to claim of the Father his rights of mercy which he hath upon the children of men?

For he hath answered the ends of the law, and he claimeth all those who have faith in him; and they who have faith in him will cleave unto every good thing; wherefore he advocateth the cause of the children of men; and he dwelleth eternally in the heavens.

And because he hath done this, my beloved brethren, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men." - Moroni 7: 27-29

"And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance." - Hebrews 9:15

"And by eternal law, mercy cannot be extended save there be one who is both willing and able to assume our debt and pay the price and arrange the terms for our redemption." - Boyd K. Packer, May 1977, see The Mediator Jesus Christ

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" - 1 Timothy 2:5

Thank you for following along with this music advent calendar and titles of Christ this December! I am so grateful for everyone who joined me with this Advent Calendar. I love my savior, and I am trying my best everyday to be more like him. Boy, do I have a lot of work. I'm grateful to have Him as a friend. I know he will never leave me, and that I am His. Where would I be without him?

Love,

Dayton

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