Amy Grant

What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bare!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!

And I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Til' my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou Art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou Art!

By the time Amy Grant was nineteen, she was Contemporary Christian music’s most celebrated singer. Grant grew up in the Church of Christ where she sang for God two nights a week. As a teen, she decided to pursue a career in music, writing her first song while attending devotional meetings at her high school.

Grant recorded a demo while working as an intern at a recording studio and the owner was so impressed he signed her to his own label and released her first album Amy Grant in 1977. It spawned three top 10 songs on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart.

The following year, Grant began touring while balancing college studies. Her second album My Father’s Eyes was released in April 1979. At its record release party, she met future first husband gospel singer Gary Chapman. He’d written its title track, and it would become her first of many Christian Songs Chart-toppers. Her third album Never Alone came out in 1981 and features the #3 Christian Songs hit “Look What Has Happened To Me”.

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Be Still and Know… Hymns & Faith