I can tell you that I feel more secure in claiming the promise “No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from his hand till he returns or calls me home” than I do with that rifle and pistol. The picture of Christ standing in victory, the image of sin’s grip being broken and the promise that I am his and knowing that he in fact is mine brings him incredibly close to me.Īs I drive down the highway with my M-16 pointed out the window and my 9MM pistol tucked in my flak jacket pocket. No matter how many times I hear that verse, I get chills up my spine.
To know that Christ purposefully gave his life for us helps me to understand that he knows that soldiers are dying and that he is in control. We are losing soldiers here everyday to people that we are trying to help. It moves immediately to Christ’s burden for those who scorned him. It has been an inspiration to me because in each of it verses it reminds me of fundamental principles. I have listened to it almost every night and even tend to sing/reflect on its words on my trips across. It is a new hymn written, I believe, a year or two ago but it has the feel of the traditional hymns. ” I wanted to share a song that has been a real inspiration to me. One particularly moving story was a letter we received from a soldier at war In Christ Alone My Hope Is Found A Charge To Keep I Have A Communion Hymn For Christmas A Mighty Fortress Is Our God A Sign Shall Be Given A Wealth of. Stuart penned a quite incredible lyric, which the two of us edited, developed and rewrote for a couple of weeks until it became “In Christ Alone”.Īs well as being a credal song, it fires people with hope that here is the God who even death cannot hold “No guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in me”. Something that could teach people the foundations of what we believed in Christ the God who changed all of history and who wants a relationship with each us. I wanted it to become a hymn that would declare the whole life of Christ and what it meant. This Cornerstone, this solid Ground, firm through the fiercest. I had a strong very Irish melody that I could imagine a large crowd singing. In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song.
Ironically, it is the first hymn we ever penned together “Of all the hymns we have written, this hymn is the most popular wherever we go. When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!īought with the precious blood of Christ. 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 My Comforter, my All in All Here in the love of Christ I stand In Christ alone, who took on flesh Fullness of God in helpless babe This gift of love and. What heights of love, what depths of peace, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
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