In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.

When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

– Matthew 21:18-22

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

And in love, before you laid the world's foundation

You predestined to adopt me as your own

You have raised me 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

But nothing I did could ever atone

But Jesus, you paid my debt

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

I was 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

A head full of rocks, a heart made of stone

But Spirit, you moved in me

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 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 sins by grace, and grace alone

I will reach the end by grace, and grace alone