The
following are the lyrics to “Amazing
Grace” first
published in 1779,
a praise song written by John Newton, a former slave ship captain who
heard God's Word. He
was a
self-proclaimed
wretch who once was lost but then was found, saved by God's Amazing
Grace. And, we too
were
lost but, Thank God, we were found and saved by God's Amazing Grace –
Hallelujah!
AMAZING
GRACE LYRICS
Amazing
grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas
grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through
many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The
Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea,
when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The
earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When
we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
MADE
ALIVE IN CHRIST
Ephesians
2:1-9 (NIV) says
“As
for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you
used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the
ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in
those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one
time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires
and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made
us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is
by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and
seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order
that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His
grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by
grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can
boast.”
Romans
5:15 (NIV) says “But
the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the
trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift
that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the
many!”
John
9:25 (NIV) says “He
replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing
I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
Psalm
66:16 (NIV) says “Come
and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done
for me.”
YOUR
ASSIGNMENT
Go
forth and tell others what Jesus has done for you.
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