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June 27 MY SINS ARE BLOTTED OUT, I KNOW!Words and Music by Merrill Dunlop, 1905–I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more. (Isaiah 43:25)Forgiveness—when God buries our sins and does not mark the grave.—Louis Paul LehmanMany Christians have suffered great emotional, mental, andContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

June 26 NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME LIKE JESUSWords and Music by Charles F. Weigle, 1871–1966… Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night? (Job 35:10)It is not difficult to sing when all is going well. But often God gives a special song to one of his hurting children during theContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

June 25 O HAPPY DAYPhilip Doddridge, 1702–1751I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness. (Isaiah 61:10)It is always encouraging to share in a testimonial service by recalling with other believers the time we respondedContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

June 24 SATISFIEDClara Tear Williams, 1858–1937For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. (Psalm 107:9)The lie of the secularist is the notion that contentment in life is dependent upon material possessions. The going expression is “if I only had just a little more.” One of the important lessons that we shouldContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

June 23 I’D RATHER HAVE JESUSMrs. Rhea F. Miller, 1894–1966For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21)The inspiring and challenging words of this hymn, written by Mrs. Rhea Miller, so influenced 23–year-old George Beverly Shea that they determined the direction of his entire life. As he began to composeContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”