Oct 24.97: Light For The Day - "Amazing Grace"

"Amazing Grace"

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. 

It was grace that taught my heart to fear,
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;
It is 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 be 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. 

The world shall soon to ruin go,
The sun refuse to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Shall 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. 

-- John Newton
(JN was a slave trader before he met Christ)
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"As for me, however, I will boast only about the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ; for by means of His cross
the world is dead to me, and I am dead to the world."
-- Galatians 6:14 (TEV)
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Augustine was one of the greatest theologians of all
time. He was a wild, intemperate, immoral youth. In
spite of his mother's pleadings and prayers, he grew
worse instead of better. But one day he had a
personal encounter with Jesus Christ that transformed
his life. His restlessness and the practice of sin
disappeared. He became one of the great saints of all
time.

John Newton was a slave trader on the west coast of
Africa. One day in a storm at sea he met Jesus Christ.
He went back to England and became an Anglican
clergyman. He wrote scores of hymns, one of which
has become the modern popular song, "Amazing Grace." 

This is what Christ can do for anyone who puts his trust
in Him.

-- Billy Graham

Prayer:
Your amazing grace transformed even my unworthy
life -- I love You, Lord Jesus!

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"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss
for the sake of Christ." -- Philip 3:7 (NIV) 


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