Grace
John Henry Newton (24 July 1725 – 21 December 1807) was a British sailor an… Read Full Bio ↴John Henry Newton (24 July 1725 – 21 December 1807) was a British sailor and Anglican clergyman. Starting his career at sea, at a young age, he became involved with the slave trade for a few years, and was himself enslaved for a period. After experiencing a religious conversion, he became a minister, hymn-writer, and later a prominent supporter of the abolition of slavery. He was the author of many hymns, including "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken."

Grace
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All I have and all I feel
Is all because of you
All I reap is all I sow
And love is our living proof

Thank you for life
Thank you for everything
I stand here in Grace and Gratitude
And I thank you ...

Seasons come and seasons go
No matter what we choose
A thousand names
A thousand roads
All lead to one simple truth

Thank you for life
Thank you for everything
I stand here in grace and gratitude
And I .. I thank you

Thank you for everything
I stand here in Grace and Gratitude
And I ...

... I thank you ...





I thank you.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of John Newton's song Grace express the artist’s gratitude towards God for all the blessings in his life. The first two lines of the song, “All I have and all I feel is all because of you,” suggest that the artist recognizes that everything in his life is a gift from God. The artist acknowledges that love is the living proof that God is present in his life. By expressing his gratitude, the artist demonstrates his awareness that God's grace is responsible for his life's blessings.


The second verse of the song highlights the cyclical nature of life. The artist recognizes that seasons come and go, and no matter what we choose, we are all led to the same simple truth. This simple truth is the power of God's grace and the artist's gratitude towards Him.


To summarize, the song Grace by John Newton is a powerful song that expresses the artist's deep gratitude to God for all the blessings in his life. The song highlights the cyclical nature of life while acknowledging the power of God's grace and love as the proof of his presence in our lives.


Line by Line Meaning

All I have and all I feel
Everything that I have in this life, everything I feel, is all because of you


Is all because of you
You are the source of everything I have and feel


All I reap is all I sow
Everything I receive in life is a direct result of my actions and choices


And love is our living proof
Our love for one another is the evidence of the blessings we have through you


Thank you for life
I am grateful for the gift of life


Thank you for everything
I am grateful for everything that you have given me, big or small


I stand here in Grace and Gratitude
I am humbled by the blessings that you have bestowed upon me and I am full of gratitude for them


And I thank you ...
I express my gratitude to you for everything in my life


Seasons come and seasons go
Life is constantly changing, with good and bad times


No matter what we choose
Regardless of the choices we make in life, we will experience both joy and sorrow


A thousand names
Many people have different beliefs and ideas about you


A thousand roads
There are many paths that people take in life


All lead to one simple truth
Despite these differences, we all eventually arrive at the same conclusion about you and your love for us


... I thank you ...
Once again, I express my gratitude to you for everything in my life


Thank you for everything
Once again, I thank you for all that you have given me


I stand here in Grace and Gratitude
I continue to be humbled and grateful for everything in my life


And I ...
Once again, I express my gratitude to you




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James Nielsen

Since becoming a Christian in 1997, I had always loved the song, Amazing Grace. I had read a book by Leonardo de Vinci that brought me to reviewing my life's needs, goals.  
From this, I determined that Religion, Family, Music, Water, and Customs were an integral part of my life, and a 'Logo' that I created.. 
A 'HEART'... representing my heart... inside of which... 
A 'Musical Staff' and notes relating to the first 5 notes of Amazing Grace;  
An 'ANCHOR' which represents my love of water (raised in Michigan... swimming, skiing, and 28 years in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Oceans)... the anchor's stock (near the top of the shank) represented the Cross of Jesus Christ... was chained to my heart, revealing that I am 'Anchored in Christ';
The 'SCRIPTURE' reference to Jeremiah 29:11-13, which was my current 'Life Time Scripture';
and lastly, a 'Globe' representing the earth. On the land mass, there was a speck of white, the rest of the land was dark. The white speck represented the 'Balcony People' in my life... the family and friends that supported me. The rest represented the ones that were the 'Basement People' - the ones that tried to slow me down. This aspect of my life, related to the successes in my life... retired from the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Postal Service, and The Home Depot.  
Most importantly, though, was my conversion to being a 'Born Again Christian'.  
Thank You Jesus Christ.
Thank You, John Newton, for your precious lyrics. This has inspired me to have several books in the process of documenting Hymns located in the Scriptures. Lord willing, to be given to the world before our being returned to the Lord Jesus Christ. JHNielsen



Lioness Princess Bear

Yes that is true. However I would still like to see his story through an Adult’s Story....(more Hollywood Style-with MORE Oooooooooompth), this was more the LESS CLEANER SIDE of his life.

The Actors seemed to find it impossible to LOOK & act MEAN & Scary....& contrary to how ‘Newton actually was’....he was portrayed as NICE.....& Innocent-but this wasn’t so.....HE Bullied & Tortured Slaves on ships....& the women, oh, the women.

This film didn’t show the crude & HORRIFICNESS of his behaviour (which I feel would relate to A LOT of people who grew up in care, foster systems, Angry, violent teens/adults), a film that depicts more of the ‘actors’ rage & hatred for God & Humanity......

The whipping was BEYOND FAKE.
The Emotions were portrayed as LAME.

I once prayed God would get someone to create a film about the Crucifixion that was more OOOOOOOMPHier than the bible’s black and white wordedness....

& along came Mel Gibson’s ‘THE PASSION’.....TOTAL ANSWER to Prayer!!!

Everytime I feel the Rage, the hatred, the murderous Anger within -I put that on & have on repeat the Whipping Scene & the ‘Nailing to the Cross’ Scene.....It brings me SUCH COMFORT to know, he did that for me & to SEE someone SUFFERING FOR ME to feel for me in my pain from the past....
I feel Holy Spirit MOVE ME to see DIFFERENTLY to the way the ‘bible portrays everything in such a black and white ONE SIDED way.’

I know full well, that NO Ordinary Church Building Christian will understand ANY of this & will try to Bible Bash my Experience.....

But this is not a message for them-it is a message for people like me-who don’t fit in, who can’t fit in-no matter how hard they try & now are just completely DONE with trying to be seen, heard, wanted, needed etc.

Some of us, don’t come to Christ through films & pretty songs, some of us come in our rags, in our gutters, in our filth, in our ‘given up.’



Margaret McGuire

God's Grace is Amazing!
Love this movie. Thank u for uploading and sharing.

For all that read comments before watching it's well worth ur time & please take note....

Lamentations 3:22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

God bless in Jesus precious name.
💕🕊💕



T. Adler

Most people know about Amazing Grace but this song has meant a lot to me.
VERSE 1
I asked the Lord that I might grow
In faith and love and ev’ry grace,
Might more of His salvation know,
And seek more earnestly His face.

VERSE 2
‘Twas He who taught me thus to pray,
And He, I trust, has answered prayer,
But it has been in such a way
As almost drove me to despair.

VERSE 3
I hoped that in some favored hour
At once He’d answer my request
And, by His love’s constraining pow’r,
Subdue my sins and give me rest.

VERSE 4
Instead of this, He made me feel
The hidden evils of my heart
And let the angry pow’rs of hell
Assault my soul in ev’ry part.

VERSE 5
Yea, more with His own hand He seemed
Intent to aggravate my woe,
Crossed all the fair designs I schemed,
Humbled my heart and laid me low.

VERSE 6
“Lord, why is this,” I trembling cried;
“Wilt Thou pursue Thy worm to death?”
“’Tis in this way,” the Lord replied,
“I answer prayer for grace and faith.”

VERSE 7
“These inward trials I employ
From self and pride to set thee free
And break thy schemes of earthly joy
That thou may’st find thy all in Me.”



Henry Juhala

I am loving this movie. Amazing Grace has been my favorite song since I was a young boy. More importantly, the concept of the sovereign and amazing grace of Jesus based on the provision of the blood and the life he shed for me, an imperfect sinner, because he first loved me, is how and why I can live life for eternity.

The most important and exciting thing is to know that I can be forgiven of my sins and made as if I never sinned, simply by believing in the gospel of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He died that I might live. That is the provision the God made for me and for you that none of us deserves.

That is the amazing thing about grace. It is provided to us freely based solely on the completed work of Christ on our behalf at the cross. None of us can be perfect by our own good words and deeds. We all have sinned. The wages of sin is death. But, God freely gave his life to gift us the provision of grace and salvation in order to atone and account for our sins. All we need to do is believe and have faith in that gospel of the life, death and resurrection of Christ.

I have several playlists on YouTube. Many of them of Christian songs by Christian artists. One of my newer ones is a playlist of songs about Grace and Mercy. In curating that playlist and others I became amazed at the number of posts on YouTube of the hymn Amazing Grace.

As such, I have decided to create a playlist of just songs, vocal and instrumental, of the hymn Amazing Grace. You can search for it, if you are interested on YouTube using the following words without the quotes: "Henry Juhala - AMAZING GRACE Songs by Various Artists."

I strive to include a variety of artists, genres, nationalities, denominations, countries, languages, instruments and vocal styles. I will continue to add to it over time. Please check it out. Thank You. Have a great day. Be well. Be blessed. And may all you know and understand God's amazing grace for each of your lives.



All comments from YouTube:

Joan Martin

No matter who we are or what we have done in our lives, we all have a place in God’s Kingdom when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour and confess and repent from our sins, iniquities and transgressions. Hallelujah. My dearly departed parents loved this hymn and I do too🙏🏾🙏🏾

jdaze1

So are we saved because we believe Jesus paid the wages for our sins or because we repent for our own sins. It can't be both. And since Jesus is alive how did he pay our sin debt which is eternal death?

Christine Briggs

@jdaze1 Yes it is both! He paid for our sins but we have to ACCEPT IT and be sorry for them!

JessicaNoelle

Jesus died and paid for our sins with his perfect life, He then conquered death by rising from the dead, giving those who believe in Him victory over death.

GypsyGirl317

Yes, amen! 🙏🏽 😊 🌿

Fatima Rodriguds

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Carol C

My husband in our early life together shared Amazing Grace with me. I loved this Hymn and it was played as requested by me at his funeral. It has been a year and a half ago. I honor him by watching this movie and will save it in my heart in his memory (and it brought me to tears). I love you Michael in Heaven and I pray to join you again one day. Salvation belongs to Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior.

Renik Fair

I'm from Malaysia and here in Church, I have always sung this song with tears in my eyes. This song was also sung by a Pastor at my dad's funeral 8 years ago. How poignant to know that such a song has travelled over two centuries to our present day and age to so many cultures in different languages. I'm so blessed to see this movie and how Amazing Grace originated. I have a profound new respect for Mr. John Newton and what he did regarding the slave trade together with Wilberforce. And oh yes the amazing grace of God! How could it ever be otherwise?

Salim Serrano

probably the most well known christian hymn of all time..

Regina Gancayco

Thank you so much for this Story I'm from the Philippines 🇵🇭. I see Rev. Newton's Extreme suffering as a Tribulation that I too will go through. And as I always believed in times of Trials "There's always light at the end of a tunnel." So inspiring. God Bless us all. 🤗🙏👍

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