Lent Devotional: RestoreSample

Restore: Amazing grace

At the heart of restoration lies God’s grace – his free gift of limitless love and mercy. The hymn Amazing Grace, written by the pastor and abolitionist John Newton, captures this beautifully. Read through it slowly, soaking in the words, offering it as a prayer of thanksgiving.

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.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
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.