AMAZING GRACE!

SATURDAY! Welcome to one of seven,, of God's days! Yes ,, they are all His,, just on loan to you and I! Did you not realize this? I feel like more than one,, believes that they "own the day" ,, it is all built around them,,, but I have a great announcement to make,,and it is the statement above of whose they are and will be.. even as we leave these days,, God is the only one whom still owns, those, past, present , and future,, for He is the beginning and the end! Now ,, have a great Saturday,, with Him in it,, since it is His to start with.. pay a little "interest"!

Thank the Lord because He is good, His love continues forever. Psalm 106:1

AMAZING GRACE

Who wrote this? John Newton did.. when and where? On a slave ship,, he was the master of the ship.. and as he sailed... he was compelled to write this song,, from God.. for this ended His mastering of another slave ship... You listen to the words,, and today you listen to what was interpreted on that ship at the very time it was written.. we are all still slaves,,, to satan,, if we have not come to the Lord Jesus for our victory over sin,, our release from satan.. the chains of bondage broken forever,, released into the true Masters hands...
I wish I could put the music to this song this morning for you to hear, but I think all of you know it .. so start humming it now.. over and over.. close your eyes.. see a slave,, chained , not able to speak to his ship master. for the tongue was not the same.. but even though taken out of the jungles of Africa.. this slave had a tune in his head,,, and he hummed it , slowly and so low.. but John Newton could hear it! It was a tune that he could not only hear.. but words came,(from the Lord) and he begin to write ,, what God had brought together on that dark but shinning sea,, he and that slave,, John was writing this accounting,, he wrote,,,, Amazing Grace, how sweet it is,, to save a wretch,(a very unhappy, miserable person), like me. He was writing about this slave, and at the same time,, his own self,, and now this song, with this very tune has been passed down.. from generation, to generation... and the one who wrote it, is in my belief still singing it in Heaven,, and so is that slave who was humming it that very night,, and gave John Newton the tune.. yes folks,, John Newton wrote it.. but a slave from another world hummed it.. and hummed it in a language Newton could understand... now God works wonders.. as He did on this slave ship...
Do we have that faith to hum, when satan is holding us down... hum as we know , with the faith of a true believer,, that God is going to save a "wretch"(my definition, is slave to satan), and the faith of "we are also going to be singing this beside those two great men, when we get to Heaven?

YES, WHEN WE'VE BEEN THERE TEN THOUSAND YEARS,, WE'VE NO LESS DAYS TO SING GODS PRAISE,,

AMAZING GRACE,,,KEEP HUMMING IT !

You may go to the Library of Congress and look up Amazing Grace, and it will tell you,, written by John Newton... Music by unknown.. yes it does!

Lord, thank You for working on this great song, pulling these two, completely from different environments, and working your miracle in giving us yet another way to sing and testify to You, for you are my "Amazing Grace".. amen

John HIcks
As you can guess ,,, this is my favorite song of all songs.. and I know you have yours,, but I just came upon this little history lesson,,, and felt like it is one that needed to be told... have you made your commitment to break your chains of sin, and come to Christ... That slave, and John Newton did, and I have,, come on if you have not, and pray for those who have not,, if you already have..