In Christ alone    (video)

 

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1. In Christ alone my hope is found,

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    he is my light, my strength, my song,

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    this Cornerstone, this solid ground,

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    firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

 

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    What heights of love, what depths of peace,

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    when fears are stilled, when strivings cease.

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    My Comforter, my All in All,

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    here in the love of Christ I stand.   

 

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2. In Christ alone, who took on flesh,

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    fullness of God in helpless babe,

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    this gift of love and righteousness,

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    scorned by the ones He came to save.

 

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    ‘Til on that cross as Jesus died

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    the wrath of God was satisfied,

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    for every sin on Him was laid,

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    here in the death of Christ I live.   + Am - G - D (2x)

 

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3. There in the ground His body lay,

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    light of the world, by darkness slain,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    then bursting forth in glorious day,

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    up from the grave He rose again.

 

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    And as He stands in victory,

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    sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,

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    for I am His and He is mine

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    bought with the precious blood of Christ.     + Am - G - D

 

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4. No guilt in life, no fear in death,

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    this is the power of Christ in me,

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    from life’s first cry to final breath,

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    Jesus commands my destiny.

 

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    No power of hell, no scheme of man

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    can ever pluck me from His hand

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    ‘til He returns or calls me home,

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    here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.   + Am - G - D (2x) ...

 

    (A. Liesching / G. Moore)