Grace Alone
©2012 Words and Music by Dustin Kensrue & The Modern Post, of Mars Hill Church

I was an orphan, lost at the fall;
Running away when I’d hear you call,
But Father, you worked your will.
I had no righteousness of my own,
I had no right to draw near your throne,
But Father, you loved me still.

CHORUS 1:
And in love, before you laid the world’s foundation,
You predestined to adopt me as your own.
You have raised me up so high above my station;
I’m a child of God by grace, and grace alone

You left your home to seek out the lost;
You knew the great and terrible cost,
But Jesus, your face was set.
I worked my fingers down to the bone;
Nothing I did could ever atone,
Jesus, you paid my debt.

CHORUS 2:
By your blood I have redemption and salvation,
Lord, you died that I might reap what you have sown,
And you rose that I might be a new creation,
I am born again by grace, and grace alone.

BRIDGE:
I was in darkness all of my life,
I never knew the day from the night,
But Spirit, you made me see.
I swore I knew the way on my own;
Head full of rocks, a heart made of stone,
But Spirit, you moved in me.

CHORUS 3:
And at your touch my sleeping spirit was awakened;
On my darkened heart the light of Christ has shone.
Called into a kingdom that cannot be shaken;
Heaven’s citizen by grace, and grace alone.

So I’ll stand in faith by grace, and grace alone,
I will run the race by grace, and grace alone,
I will slay my sin by grace, and grace alone,
I will reach the end by grace, and grace alone.