From the opening majestic strains of the introduction to the worshipful choral sections, this arrangement has it all. I can tell you that I feel more secure in claiming the promise вЂњNo power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from his hand till he returns or calls me homeвЂќ than I do with that rifle and pistol. In Christ Alone Keith Getty & Stuart Townend/arr. The picture of Christ standing in victory, the image of sinвЂ™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.ДЄs 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. Incarnation - Sing The Life Of Christ Quintology Album. 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. Keith and Kristyn Getty - In Christ Alone / I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous). We are losing soldiers here everyday to people that we are trying to help. It moves immediately to ChristвЂ™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. 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. 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. вЂќ 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 Stuart penned a quite incredible lyric, which the two of us edited, developed and rewrote for a couple of weeks until it became вЂњIn Christ AloneвЂќ.ДЄs well as being a credal song, it fires people with hope that here is the God who even death cannot hold вЂњNo guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in meвЂќ. 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. I had a strong very Irish melody that I could imagine a large crowd singing. Ironically, it is the first hymn we ever penned together вЂњOf all the hymns we have written, this hymn is the most popular wherever we go. When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!Д«ought with the precious blood of Christ. What heights of love, what depths of peace, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

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