Category: Amazing Grace

  • OH HOW I LOVE JESUS

    Amazing Grace Frederick Whitfield, 1829–1904 We love because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19) This simply stated, lilting musical testimony has been another of the Sunday school favorites since it was first published in leaflet form in 1855. It has since been translated into various languages and has been included in numerous evangelical hymnals.…

  • JESUS LOVES ME

    Amazing Grace Anna B. Warner, 1820–1915 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. (Luke 18:17) The story is told of a brilliant professor at Princeton Seminary who always left his graduation class with these words: “Gentlemen, there is still much…

  • IN THE HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING

    Amazing Grace Anna L. Warning, 1823–1910 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 seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:4–6) Those who…

  • IT’S JUST LIKE HIS GREAT LOVE

    Amazing Grace Edna R. Worrell, 19th century How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! (1 John 3:1) The greatest demonstration of love is God’s gift of Jesus Christ to a lost world. It is impossible to comprehend…

  • GOD BE WITH YOU

    Amazing Grace Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828–1904 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans 16:20) It is my joy in life to find at every turning of the road,The strong arms of a comrade kind to help me onward with my load.And since I have no gold to give, and love alone can…

  • BLEST BE THE TIES THAT BIND

    Amazing Grace John Fawcett, 1740–1817 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. (1 John 2:10) “We just cannot break the ties of affection that bind us to you dear friends.” As Mary Fawcett assured the little congregation at Wainsgate, England, of the bond of…

  • SAVIOR, TEACH ME, DAY BY DAY

    Amazing Grace Jane E. Leeson, 1807–1882 If anyone loves Me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. (John 14:23) It is wonderful to have experienced God’s gift of love in days past, but the real challenge of victorious Christian living…

  • LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER

    Amazing Grace Traditional Spiritual They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer … All the believers were together and had everything in common. (Acts 2:42, 44) The local church has been described as a laboratory where believers learn to love one another regardless of…

  • THEY WILL KNOW WE RE CHRISTIANS BY OUR LOVE

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Peter Scholtes, 1938–2009 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. All men will know that you are My disciples if you love one another. (John 13:34, 35) It’s easy to talk sentimentally about love. It’s much…

  • WHEN LOVE SHINES IN

    Amazing Grace Carrie E. Breck, 1855–1934 Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:16) Our emotional soundness and even our physical health depend on the quality of our love for God. And as a result, we gain an attitude of love and…