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Sunday 11 August 2013

IMMOVABLE

Today for my Church's anniversary, the youth choir sang this song titled
"Immovable Our Hope Remains"
by Bob and Brittany Kauflin
and I wanted to share the lyrics here because it's really meaningful.
Although my alto part can sound quite dry sometimes, the truths the lyrics contain is uplifting
and it makes the alto part not so dry. I wonder if I'm making sense :p


VERSE 1 
Immovable our hope remains 
Though shifting sands before us lie 
The One who washed away our stains Shall bear us safely to the skies 
The floods may rise, the winds may beat 
Torrential rains descend 
Yet God His own will not forget 
He’ll love and keep us till the end 

You’ll love and keep us till the end 

VERSE 2 
This is eternal life: to know 
The living God and Christ, the Son 
The Savior will not let us go 
Until His saving work is done 
Our debt was great, as was our need 
But now the price is paid 

Who can behold Immanuel bleed 
And doubt His willingness to save? 
We trust Your willingness to save 
VERSE 3 
The Lord acquits, who can condemn? 
Though Satan’s accusations fly 
his pow’r can never reach our names 
To blot them from the Book of Life 
The Son has surely made us free 
His Word forever stands 
And all our joy is knowing we 
Are graven on His wounded hands 
We’re graven on Your wounded hands 

VERSE 4 
Built into Christ, secure we stand 
For with His Spirit we’ve been sealed 
By grace we’ll see the promised land 
Where every sorrow shall be healed 
To God who gave His only Son 
To Jesus Christ, our Lord 
To God the Spirit, Three-in-one 
Be songs of praise forevermore 
We’ll sing Your praise forevermore 


When I first came across this ten verse Augustus Toplady hymn “Immovable Our Hope Remains,” I was significantly affected by the confident faith the lyrics expressed. I rearranged, rephrased, and trimmed down the hymn into four verses. Later on, my dad came across my lyrics on our piano and set them to a melody that tries to capture the triumph of the words. No matter how we feel, no matter how hopeless or unsure our future appears, no matter what lies Satan uses to weaken our hearts, our hope is immovable. Jesus is already in heaven, and we are in Christ! — Brittany


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