Just As I Am by Brian Doerksen with Lyrics

Just As I Am sung by Brian Doerksen from the album, Amazing Grace: Timeless Hymns Of Faith. Just as I Am is a well-known hymn, written by Charlotte Elliott in 1835. Elliot wrote this song about how to find salvation through Christ. It has been used by many as the call to the altar at the close of services, as it brings a quiet simple message of sin, forgiveness, and salvation to all that turn from sin and trust in Jesus.
John Brownlie described the hymn story in his book "Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church Hymnary" [4]: Charlotte's brother, the Kev. H. V. Elliott planned to hold a bazaaiyan event designed to give, at a nominal cost, a high education to the daughters of clergymen supported by St Mary Church:
The night before the bazaar she was kept wakeful by distressing thoughts of her apparent uselessness ; and these thoughts passed by a transition easy to imagine into a spiritual conflict, till she questioned the reality of her whole spiritual life, and wondered whether it were anything better after all than an illusion of the emotions, an illusion ready to be sorrowfully dispelled. The next day, the busy day of the bazaar, she lay upon her sofa in that most pleasant boudoir set apart for her in Westfield Lodge, ever a dear resort to her friends." The troubles of the night came back upon her with such force that she felt they must be met and conquered in the grace of God. She gathered up in her soul the great certainties, not of her emotions, but of her salvation : her Lord, His power, His promise. And taking pen and paper from the table she deliberately set down in writing, for her own comfort, "the formulae of her faith." Hers was a heart which always tended to express its depths in verse. So in verse she restated to herself the Gospel of pardon, peace, and heaven. "Probably without difficulty or long pause" she wrote the hymn, getting comfort by thus definitely "recollecting" the eternity of the Rock beneath her feet. There, then, always, not only for some past moment, but " even now " she was accepted in the Beloved "Just as I am." (Wikipedia)

This hymn became even more famous when it was used by the Rev. Billy Graham in his altar calls on his many outdoor evangelistic meetings. In 1997 Graham wrote his autobiography entitled, "Just As I Am" noting the importance of the song to his own salvation and his ministry for Christ.

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[Themarvin76]

just as i am,i know that He never leave me,cause He said at the book of revelation 3:20.........thanks for this song

[MrDesrowmoe]

love this song just recorded a new version with a refrain feel free to listen to it on my channel.

[pammylunn]

I am crying as I listen to this beautiful hymn. Thank you, Jesus, for your sacrifice on Calvary's tree even though I don't deserve it. Praise God for this sacifice. Halleujah!

[powertothebees]

Checked out many you tube postings for this hymn. This is the one that touched my heart.

[Tanrinia]

Thank you for a beautiful rendition of a song that reminds us to accept everyone as they are and to not make them pretend to be someone else.

[luvburq]

My tears are flowing to my knees.

[TheFina2010]

Just As I Am I come...LAMP of GOD you are Precious!

[iblamejersey]

i don't know about you but i never get tired of it

[hazofijaliana]

ok God is very good

[4213wisdom]

THIS SONG BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES .... I TOTALLY LOVE IT.