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My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
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My hope is built on nothing
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Christ,
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On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
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When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
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When darkness veils His
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grace;
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stormy gale,
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veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
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Bm
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sand,
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His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
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His oath, His covenant, His
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blood,
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in
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flood;
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all
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my hope and
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stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
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stand;
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Bm
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When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
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When He shall come with trumpet
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sound,
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found;
In Him, my righteousness,
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On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Jesus Christ is the only True Foundation. He founded His church on Himself...glory be to God who saved me and you by grace and placed us on this unfailing Rock.
London, United Kingdom
Christ our solid rock! All other ground is sinking sand. Oh Lord may I be found in You when I stand before the throne - faultless and without blemish in Your righteousness alone. Lord please prepare me fully before I appear before the throne. Amen.
Yenagoa, Bayelsa, Nigeria
Christ is indeed the hope of every true soldier of the cross.
Enugu
He is the Rock of our salvation
Stockholm, Sweden
Thank Jesus for Your death ....if Satan knew the power that will be bestowed on You after Your death he wouldn't have planned for Your crucifixion and death ....but all I can say thank my solid Rock.
Arlington, Texas, United States
From my own personal life I found out and know that Christ is the solid rock and all other ground is sinking sand, and are things of nothing according to the word of God AMEN. So my hope is built upon the solid rock of God.
Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria
Thank You for all battles won in my life, health, work and family. All glory to His name. All other grounds is sinking Sand.
Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
This is a hymn of assurance and God's faithfulness. Christ is the only solid rock any man can stand. Lord continually be my rock and I will always serve You. God help me.
Accra, Ghana
Christ is the only Hope for all.
Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria
From my experience in life all other grounds are really a sinking ground human, material and spiritual. Jesus is the Rock.