Sin's curse has lost its grip on me!

In Christ Alone

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.

2 Corinthians 5

"For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house 
is torn down, we have a building from God, 
a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed 
with our dwelling from heaven, inasmuch as we, having put it on, 
will not be found naked.

For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, 
because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, 
so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, 
who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing 
that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—
for we walk by faith, not by sight— we are of good courage, I say, 
and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home 
with the Lord. 

Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, 
to be pleasing to Him.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, 
so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, 
according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, 
but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are 
made manifest also in your consciences.

We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you 
an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer 
for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, 
it is for you.

For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one 
died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they 
who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him 
who died and rose again on their behalf.

Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh;
even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, 
yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things 
passed away; behold, new things have come.

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself 
through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, 
that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting 
their trespasses against them, and He has committed 
to us the word of reconciliation.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were 
making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, 
be reconciled to God.

He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, 
so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."
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