Rick Lee JamesHealthcare Chaplain, Bon Secours Mercy Health · Husband, Dad, Hospital Chaplain, Recording Artist, Podcast Host, Loyola University IPS Graduate, Alpha Sigma Nu Member, and Recording Academy (GRAMMY®) member - Contributing musician on a Grammy-nomin

It Is Well - Rick Lee James

30 Aug 2014 · 6 min

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In this YouTube video, singer‑songwriter Rick Lee James delivers a heartfelt solo rendition of the classic hymn “It Is Well with My Soul,” interweaving traditional lyrics with spontaneous, personal reflections on sin, redemption, and divine assurance. Throughout the performance he repeatedly affirms the hymn’s central refrain, emphasizing spiritual peace despite trials. Near the end, he breaks from the song to address viewers directly, urging those who have stayed to support his upcoming hymns album by donating via a GoFundMe campaign (gofundme.com/hymns). He closes with a brief motivational statement about moving mountains and parting tides, reinforcing his faith‑based message.

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in those roads. Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, it is well, it is well with my soul. It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul. My sin of O the bliss of this glorious thought! My sin not in part, but the whole is nailed to his cross, and I bear it no more. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with my soul. Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come, let this blessed assurance control that Christ hath redeemed me. My helplessness stay, and as shed his own blood for my soul. It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well. That is well with my soul. And Lord, is the day When the face shall be set, clouds be rolled back as a scroll, the trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord. With love for my soul. It is well with my soul. It is well, it is well with My soul.
Since you made it this far in the video, I figure maybe you don't hate what you're hearing, so maybe you could go to gofundme.com/hymns. H-Y-M-N-S. MNS. Check out the hymns album I'm raising funds for. God bless you.
If you're not gonna move this mountain, if you're not gonna part the raging tide