In the power of Christ, I'll STAND!

I love Easter! I love everything Easter stands for. Even though I'm a sinner and I screwed up royally every day of my life, Christ died on that cross for ME. I learned today in church that when Christ asks for "this cup to be taken from me", the cup he was talking about was a cup they referred to in the old testament. "The cup" refers to the cup of God's wrath for sinners. But Christ took that cup and that wrath for US. And He said "IT IS FINISHED." The wrath of God is FINISHED. So even though I screw up all the time, Christ took that wrath FOR me. That kind of love is unbelievable and hard to believe, but it's TRUTH!

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,
scorn by the ones he came to save.


Til on that cross,
as Jesus died,
THE WRATH OF GOD WAS SATISFIED,
for EVERY sin on Him was lain,
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 it's grip on me!
For I am His,
and He is mine.
I'm 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!
Til He returns, or calls me home.
Here in the power of Christ, I'll stand.