{"id":16794,"date":"2014-01-09T05:26:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16794"},"modified":"2014-01-09T05:38:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T10:38:36","slug":"christ-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/09\/christ-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"In Christ Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<em>~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In Christ alone my hope is found; He is my Light, my Strength, my Song; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">This Cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">My Comforter, my all in all\u2014here in the love of Christ I stand. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In Christ alone, Who took on flesh, Fullness of God in helpless babe! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">This gift of love and righteousness, scorned by the ones He came to save. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Til on that Cross as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For ev&#8217;ry sin on Him was laid\u2014here in the death of Christ I live. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">There in the ground His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then bursting forth in glorious day up from the grave He rose again! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And as He stands in victory, sin&#8217;s curse has lost its grip on me; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For I am His and He is mine\u2014bought with the precious blood of Christ. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">No guilt in life, no fear in death\u2014this is the pow&#8217;r of Christ in me; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">From life&#8217;s first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">No pow&#8217;r of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand; <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2018Til He returns or calls me home\u2014here in the pow&#8217;r of Christ I&#8217;ll stand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5mPrqltkJyw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0In Christ Alone; words and music by Keith Getty &amp; Stuart Townend \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 *<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The words of a song can be so stirring! \u00a0Particularly, I have found hymns to have this effect on me. \u00a0A choir director once told me that hymns are songs that \u201care soaked in doctrinal truth.\u201d \u00a0One definition of hymns says that they are \u201c&#8230; songs that help teach faith.\u201d \u00a0What we sing through this type of song can profoundly affect how we think and feel. \u00a0And each of us have our own favorite hymns and choruses&#8230;they come to mean so much to our hearts! \u00a0This song, <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>In Christ Alone<\/em><\/span><\/strong>, is considered a modern-day hymn. It contains such foundational truth.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the very first three words of this song, \u201cIn Christ alone&#8230;\u201d You could say them in other ways, too\u2014\u2018only Jesus&#8230;\u2019 \u2018Jesus is everything to me&#8230;\u2019 \u2018You, Lord, JUST You&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.<br \/>\nFor in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,<br \/>\nvisible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;<br \/>\nall things have been created through Him and for Him.<br \/>\nHe is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.<br \/>\nAnd He is the head of the body, the church;<br \/>\nHe is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead,<br \/>\nso that in everything He might have the supremacy.<br \/>\nColossians 1:15-18<\/p>\n<p>In and through Jesus we have been given so very much! He truly is our \u2018<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Light<\/em><\/span>&#8230; (John 8:12), our <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Strength<\/em><\/span>&#8230; (Psalms 28:7 and 8), our <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cornerstone<\/span> <\/em>(1 Peter 2:5 and 6)!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>I just love to sing these next lines of this song; they are so beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease! <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">My Comforter, my All in All, here in the love of Christ I stand.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through Jesus, also, we have <span style=\"color: #800080;\">love<\/span> (Romans 8:38 and 39), <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">peace<\/span><\/em> (Philippians 4:7), <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>comfort<\/em><\/span> (Psalm 46:10), and <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>joy<\/em> <\/span>(John 15:11)! He IS our \u2018all in all.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And when all things shall be subdued unto him,<br \/>\nthen shall the Son also himself be subject unto him<br \/>\nthat put all things under him, that God may be all in all.<br \/>\n1 Corinthians 15:28<\/p>\n<p>In Jesus our hope, our trust, our constant assurance is in the right place\u2014on the solid foundation of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>who<\/strong> we are<\/span> in Christ. \u00a0In my own life I must need continual reminding \u00a0to not let my feelings get in the way or my circumstances be allowed to dictate my actions. But, as we (I!) stand firmly on the unchangeable truths of the gospel of Christ, our (my!)faith is being continuously built.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This hope we have as an anchor of the soul,<br \/>\na hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil,<br \/>\nwhere Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us&#8230;.<br \/>\nHebrews 6:19 and 20<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Do the words of this beautiful hymn evoke a response in your heart when you hear them? \u00a0(I would so LOVE to \u2018hear\u2019 your answer in the comments below.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 * \u00a0 *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Interested in joining us for our next Online Bible Study that starts on January 13, 2014? \u00a0 Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/sign-up-for-girlfriends-coffee-hour-online-bible-studies\/\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0for more details!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0~ \u00a0Listen while you read, please! \u00a0~ In Christ alone my hope is found; He is my Light, my Strength, my Song; This Cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease! 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