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Randy Travis Beautiful Version of Amazing Grace

Randy Travis, a very well know gospel and country music artist, performed Amazing Grace at Life Today Show. He is such a phenomenal gospel singer with an incredible voice. Randy Travis was the first Country artist to break the multi-platinum sales barrier setting records with his gospel recordings. Randy’s Rise and Shine album just hit gold status, and his single, “Three Wooden Crosses,” has been nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year by the Country Music Association.

Randy Travis Amazing Grace

“I came out of a childhood that had no religion… I didn’t know anything about the Word of God, and I didn’t listen to gospel music,” – Randy Travis

About Randy Travis

Randy Travis, was born Randy Traywick, May 4, 1959, in Marshville, North Carolina. Randy began playing guitar at the age of eight, and within two years, he and his brother Ricky formed a duo called the Traywick Brothers. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 28 and was the first country artist ever to have a debut album sell over one million copies. He was a multiple winner at the Academy of Country Music Awards, the Country Music Association Awards, the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Dove Awards. Travis established his trademark style on his first three albums (1986’s Storms of Life, 1987’s Always and Forever, and 1988’s Old 8×10), which were among his most popular and celebrated. In the 2000s, many of his best albums were gospel-oriented efforts such as 2002’s Rise and Shine and 2003’s Worship and Faith, where his voice meshed well with classic hymns and songs of praise.

“Amazing Grace” Lyrics

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I am found
Was blind, but now I see.

T’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 dangerous toils, and snares
I have already come
T’is grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We’ve known less days to sing God’s grace
Than when we first begun…

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Chris Tomlin’s “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” – A Powerful Remake of Hymn

This is another beautiful song led by Chris Tomlin. He is indeed a gifted worship leader. Every word and every note he sings creates an atmosphere of worship to the glory of God. The difference of Chris Tomlin from other singers is the fact the he seems to put himself in the background and magnify God as the main actor of the song.

Amazing Grace My Chains Are Gone!

Story of Amazing Grace Song

I stumbled on this article about the story behind the Hymn Amazing Grace. It is a great read. I trust that as you watch the above video and read the story behind the song, you will find your amazing grace if you have not found yours.

Amazing Grace, The story of John Newton, author of America’s favorite hymn by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson source: http://www.joyfulheart.com/misc/newton.htm
I used to think America’s favorite hymn, “Amazing Grace” (MIDI), was a bit overdone: “… that saved a wretch like me.” Really now!
But the author was a wretch, a moral pariah. While a new believer around 1750, John Newton had commanded an English slave ship.
You know what that meant. Ships would make the first leg of their voyage from England nearly empty until they would anchor off the African coast. There tribal chiefs would deliver to the Europeans stockades full of men and women, captured in raids and wars against other tribes. Buyers would select the finest specimens, which would be bartered for weapons, ammunition, metal, liquor, trinkets, and cloth. Then the captives would be loaded aboard, packed for sailing. They were chained below decks to prevent suicides, laid side by side to save space, row after row, one after another, until the vessel was laden with as many as 600 units of human cargo.
Slaves were “packed” in ships for the voyage across the Atlantic. (The Granger Collection) in Peter Wood, The Seafarers: The Spanish Main (Time-Life Books, 1979), p. 63)
Captains sought a fast voyage across the Atlantic’s infamous “middle passage,” hoping to preserve as much as their cargo as possible, yet mortality sometimes ran 20% or higher. When an outbreak of smallpox or dysentery occurred, the stricken were cast overboard. Once they arrived in the New World, blacks were traded for sugar and molasses to manufacture rum, which the ships would carry to England for the final leg of their “triangle trade.” Then off to Africa for yet another round. John Newton transported more than a few shiploads of the 6 million African slaves brought to the Americas in the 18th century.
At sea by the age of eleven, he was forced to enlist on a British man-of-war seven years later. Recaptured after desertion, the disgraced sailor was exchanged to the crew of a slave ship bound for Africa.
It was a book he found on board–Thomas à Kempis’ Imitation of Christ–which sowed the seeds of his conversion. When a ship nearly foundered in a storm, he gave his life to Christ. Later he was promoted to captain of a slave ship. Commanding a slave vessel seems like a strange place to find a new Christian. But at last the inhuman aspects of the business began to pall on him, and he left the sea for good.
While working as a tide surveyor he studied for the ministry, and for the last 43 years of his life preached the gospel in Olney and London. At 82, Newton said, “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things, that I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Saviour.” No wonder he understood so well grace–the completely undeserved mercy and favor of God.
Newton’s tombstone reads, “John Newton, Clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy.” But a far greater testimony outlives Newton in the most famous of the hundreds of hymns he wrote:
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.
‘Twas 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.
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

Read also  The Amazingly Graced Life of John Newton at Christian History.net. Buy Chris Tomlin Album of Amazing Grace “Amazing Grace: Music Inspired by the Motion Picture” or dowload MP3 here Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)   Tags: Chris Tomlin, Chris Tomlin Amazing Grace Chris Tomlin Music, Amazing Grace

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Amazing Grace as Performed by Angelic Voices of 7 Year Old Twins

Amazing Grace 7 Year Old TwinsAmazing 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.

These 7 year old twins are simply amazing. Memorizing the lyrics alone takes a lot effort for such age. It’s awesome to see these girls starting to put their faith in Christ at a tender age and hoping that they live and understand the meaning of the song Amazing Grace.

 

 
 

Lost Roman Catholic to Saved by Grace – Jacquelyn’s Testimony

How does one attain Salvation in Roman Catholicism? Matt Slick of CARM wrote an exhaustive articles of what Roman Catholics believe:
“Salvation, in Roman Catholicism, is a process with many steps: Actual Grace, Faith, Good Works, Baptism, Participation in the Sacraments, Penance, Indulgences, and Keeping the Commandments. Basically, salvation is attained through baptism and good works. It is maintained by good works and participation in the sacraments. If lost, it is regained through the sacrament of Penance which only a Roman Catholic priest can administer. Add to this purgatorial cleansing after a person dies, and you can see that salvation is an arduous process.

In Catholicism, a person can gain salvation and lose it many times depending on the number of sins committed, their severity, and how much of the sacraments they participate in–in order to regain grace which enables them to do good works by which they are justified. Furthermore, justifying grace is infused into the Catholic upon baptism and via the sacraments. This grace can be gradually lost through venial sins or forfeited all together with mortal sins.”

If you want to read a collection of articles detailing what Roman Catholics believe, click this link: https://carm.org/roman-catholicism

If you are truly a Christian who believes that the Bible is the Word of God, do you think these Roman Catholic practices are biblical and does not contradict the Bible?

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” (Rom. 5:1)
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Eph 2:8-9)
“But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace,”(Rom. 11:6)
“For what does the Scripture say? “ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS,”(Rom. 4:3)

Catholic saved by Grace

Soulful Rendition of Amazing Grace Remembering 9-11 Tribute

Amazing Grace 9-11 Tribute

Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
T’was blind but now I see…

Today, we remember the tragedy of September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the United States of America. Reports told us that 19 militants men linked with the notorious Islamic Extremist Group, Al-Qaeda, hijacked four (4) airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against several targets in the United States. The most prominent ones were the two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C.. The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.

If you want to read more about the coverage, CNN has this page September 11 Terror Attacks Fast Facts where they put together quick info about the impact and damage of this 9-11 attack.

Amazing Grace 9-11 Tribute

Through many dangers, toils and snares
We have already come.
T’was grace that brought us safe thus far
And grace will lead us home,
And grace will lead us home

Famous Quotes to Remember 9/11


1. “Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.” — former President George W. Bush


2. “The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom.”– Rudy Giuliani

3. “Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.” — President Barack Obama

4. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – former President Harry S. Truman

5. “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundation of our tallest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.” – former President George W. Bush

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