Music Monday: In Christ Alone

I’ve shared a few versions of “In Christ Alone” here on Music Monday. This is my friend Yvette’s favourite:

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 righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied 
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine 
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.

Wise Words on Wednesday: Finally Forgiving

“…Do you know, only a few weeks ago I realised suddenly that I at last had forgiven the cruel schoolmaster who so darkened my childhood.

I’d been trying to do it for years: and like you, each time I thought I’d done it, I found, after a week or so it all had to be attempted over again.

But this time I feel sure it is the real thing. And (like learning to swim or to ride a bicycle) the moment it does happen it seems so easy and you wonder why on earth you didn’t do it years ago.

So the parable of the unjust judge comes true, and what has been vainly asked for years can suddenly be granted. I also get a quite new feeling about ‘If you forgive you will be forgiven.’ I don’t believe it is, as it sounds, a bargain. The forgiving and the being forgiven are really the very same thing. But one is safe as long as one keeps on trying”

C.S. Lewis to Mary Willis Shelburne (1963)

Music Monday: Testify

It’s time for some old-school Christian music, “Testify” by POD:

Eternal rhythms in your system so clear
No negatives, take your isms stay clear
We keep it lovely, give you what you won’t hear
And Matisyahu in the house, stand clear
P.O.D. in the house, stand clear
If Jah is for me, tell me who I’m goin’ fear
No I won’t fear
And Jah of Jacob is deserving of my love
And God of Isaac reign blessings from above
Hashem of Abraham will show me the way
I go down on my knees and this is what I pray

Strength of my life, whom shall I dread
When the evil doers approach to devour my flesh?
Even if there would be an army against me
My heart would not fearSteer clear from weird vibes
Chuck the spirit evil guise must realize
Even if there rise a war against me
In this I trust, it’s a must
Elevated is my head above my enemy
Surround me with the song of glory
Take away the scales from my eyes
Anoint your love upon my life
Have mercy on my soul and hear me when I cry
Do not abandon me and do not forsake me
Leave me on the path of integrity
Even if there would be an army against me
My heart would not fear

Strength of my life, whom shall I dread
When the evil doers approach to devour my flesh?
Back them up against the wall
Stumble and fall
Them battle y’all and stand tall
Show me favor when I call
Back them up against the wall
Stumble and fall
Battle y’all and stand tall
Show me favor when I call

Matisyahu and P.O.D. eternally with His Majesty
Dwelling in the songs of glory
Dwelling with the songs of glory

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