In Christ Alone


Verse 1

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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 Comfor ter, my All in All

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Here in the love of Christ, I stand


Verse 2

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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 satis fied

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For every sin on Him was laid

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Here in the death of Christ, I live


Verse 3

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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 victo ry

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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


Verse 4

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No guilt in life, no fear in death

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This is the pow'r of Christ in me

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From life's first cry to final breath

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Jesus commands my desti ny

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No pow'r 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 pow'r of Christ I'll stand