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:
ʻTil 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
Sinʼs 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 lifeʼs first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Til He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ Iʼll stand!

God of Abraham
You’re the God of covenant
Of faithful promises
Time and time again You have proven
You do just what You say

Though the storms may come
And the winds may blow
I’ll remain steadfast
And let my heart learn when You speak a word
It will come to pass

Great is Your faithfulness to me
Great is Your faithfulness to me
From the rising sun to the setting same
I will praise Your name
Great is Your faithfulness to me

God from age to age
Though the earth may pass away
Your word remains the same yeah
Your history can prove
There’s nothing You can’t do
You’re faithful and true

I put my faith in Jesus
My anchor to the ground
My hope and firm foundation
He’ll never let me down

I find space for what I treasure,
I make time for what I want
I choose my priorities
And Jesus you’re my number one

So I will make room for you
I will prepare for two
So you don’t feel that you
Can’t live here, please live in me

Yes, Jesus you’re my number one

My will, You can move that over
My way, You can move that over too
My ego, You can move that over
My plans, You can move that over too
My schedule, you can move that over
My itinerary, you can move that over too
See I, I will make room for you
You can move that over
You can move that over too

Shame is a prison
As cruel as a grave

Shame is a robber
And he’s come to take my name

Love is my redeemer
Lifting me up from the ground

Love is the power
Where my freedom song is found

There ain’t no grave
Gonna hold my body down

There ain’t no grave
Gonna hold my body down

When I hear that trumpet sound,
I’m gonna rise up out of the ground

There ain’t no grave
Gonna hold my body down

Fear is a liar
With a smooth and velvet tongue

Fear is a tyrant,
He’s always telling me to run

Love is resurrection
and Love is a trumpet sound

Love is my weapon,
I’m gonna take my giants down

There was a battle,
A war between death and life

There on a tree
the Lamb of God was crucified

And he went on down to hell,
He took back every key

He rose up as a lion
and He’s setting all the captives free

There ain’t no grave
Could hold His body down

There ain’t no grave
Could hold His body down

When He heard the trumpet sound,
He rose up out of the ground

There ain’t no grave
Could hold His body down

There ain’t no grave
Could hold His body down

If you walked out of the grave
I’m walking too

There ain’t no grave
Gonna hold my body down

Unveiled: The Dragon

Jamaal Williams

12:1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
2 She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.
3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
4 Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.
5 She gave birth to a Son, a male who is going to rule all nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, to be nourished there for 1,260 days.

7 Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,
8 but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.
9 So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say,

The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Christ
have now come,
because the accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accuses them
before our God day and night,
has been thrown down.

11 They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
for they did not love their lives
to the point of death.

12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them!
Woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has come down to you
with great fury,
because he knows his time is short.

13 When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time.
15 From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
16 But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
17 So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep the commands of God and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 12:1-17 CSB

Big Idea:  Because the Lamb has conquered, the church overcomes by holding firmly to the reigning Jesus.

Refrain: The dragon rages, but the Lamb reigns.

1. Scene One: The Dragon Hunts the Child (Revelation 12:1-6)
   • The first scene gives us three characters: a woman, a child, and a dragon.
   • The child is Jesus. Then John shows us the dragon.
   • This scene gathers up the conflict that began in Genesis 3.
   • But John moves from the birth of Jesus directly to his throne.
   • The dragon is real, but he has never stopped one promise of God.
   • Even the wilderness has been prepared by God.
2. Scene Two: The Accuser Falls from Heaven (Revelation 12:7-12)
   • The second scene shows a war in heaven. 
   • The dragon works through deception, accusation, and violence.
   • But the blood of the Lamb has answered the accusation.
   • The blood of the Lamb is the ground of their victory.
   • The church conquers the dragon when it refuses to abandon the Lamb’s testimony.
3. Scene Three: The Church Stands in the Wilderness (Revelation 12:13-17)
   • The third scene returns to the woman and expands what we saw in verse 6.
   • The church is a wilderness people.
   • God does not always keep us out of the wilderness. He sustains our allegiance while we are in it and promises to bring us home.
   • The passage ends by telling us what faithful resistance looks like.
4. Conclusion
   • Some of you have been living as though the dragon’s accusation is God’s final word over your life.
   • Some of us have loosened our grip on the testimony of Jesus because another form of power looked more effective.
   • The dragon rages, but the Lamb reigns. Hold firmly to the reigning Jesus. The Lamb reigns, and that is why the Lamb wins.

Seated above enthroned in the Father’s love
Destined to die poured out for all mankind
God’s only Son perfect and spotless One
He never sinned but suffered as if He did

All authority, Every victory is Yours

Savior worthy of honor and glory
Worthy of all our praise
You overcame
Jesus awesome in power forever
Awesome and great is Your Name
You overcame

Power in hand speaking the Father’s plan
You’re sending us out light in this broken land

We will overcome
By the blood of the Lamb
And the word of our testimony
Everyone overcome