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There’s a fellowship of suffering and a living sacrifice A once forever offering, pain that paid a perfect price His sacred scars still testify To the Way that we are justified They still witness to the wounding of the consecrated lamb And though he died he stood up so now on His blood we stand. Jesus bears the wounds inflicted by this world and by our ways And they witness to the finished work accomplished the third day Marks of men from which Jesus died, Borne on head, hands, feet, and his side Now the fellowship of suff’ring bears a sign that sanctifies For our righteous, wounded healer shall forever testify. Jesus was forsaken so we are forgiven His life was taken and so now we are living We’re mourning for the murder of the Morningstar. And we see a sign and seal in the sacred scars So flee to the consecrated cross and flee from your precious pride Flee to the cross where sin and shame and the bread of heaven died By His stripes we are truly healed By His blood the judgment’s sea...

Dr. Anthony Foster's presentation from October 22, 2010 at the NAPCE Conference, The Leadership Curriculum , is located HERE.

God has shown kindness By removing our blindness Surely as the night gives sway To another glorious day Sure as the rain falls from heaven’s skies Crops in their season shall arise And as the tears fall from sadness Soon our hearts will bring forth gladness For joy is growing in a barren land And peace is pervading this place Blessedness rains down from His gracious hand And in this desert’s an oasis of grace Righteousness is flowing here where we stand And joy is growing in a barren land. God in His mercy has shown All of the glory that can be known His Son turns our mourning into a dance And our grief gives way to a holy romance Our rocky soil is raised as it’s tilled All of its low places shall be filled Flooded by living water from above For it flows down from heaven in love Now joy is growing in a barren land And peace is pervading this place Blessedness rains down from His gracious hand And this desert’s an oasis of grace Forgiveness is flowing at God’s command And joy is growing...

The consecrated living way Abides forevermore The Holy One has made a path A way to enter Heaven’s Door We long to give Christ all our hearts We devote our lives to You alone The obedience of faith impart, So consecrate us as your own! This is true worship as we become The holiness of the Holy One Lord, consecrate our lives to You Align our souls in one accord Our pure devotion now is due To our Holy, Most High Lord! This is true worship as we become Devoted to the Holy One! Consecration, devotion, obedience Made for the noble purpose of His presence! Oh Lord, be our supreme desire As your holiness we now confess This is what holiness requires You become our Righteousness This is true worship as we become The likeness of the Holy One. Anthony Foster October 20, 2010

Boldly is the way we come Faultless, without blame For our Lord’s finished work is done And we are unashamed. Humbly at his feet we bow We will not be cast out now Here we declare His worth In heaven and on earth For at the throne His presence reigns And all that’s hidden comes in view Purifying glory attains And hearts are changed, made new. The truth of Your matchless worth Known in heaven is revealed on Earth The revelation of what is True Makes us want to worship You. Humbly at his feet we bow We will not be cast out now Here we declare His worth In heaven and on earth Human language cannot describe The majesty that reigns on High That glory now indwells these walls The hearts of those the Spirit calls Humbly at his feet we bow We will not be cast out now Here we declare His worth In heaven and on earth Anthony Foster October 13, 2010

Buried in the depths of dust Covered by miry clay Captives of a dismal tomb Yearn for the light of day O’er whelmed by sin’s landslide A covering that kills A darkness where there’s nowhere to hide Raised up against God’s will. You can pray for mountains to fall Or an avalanche to cover you all You can pray to be washed away in a flood But there is nothing but the beloved’s blood. There is no garment you can weave No skin of animals, no coat of leaves To cover over the sin you love There is nothing but the beloved’s blood. You can pray to be swallowed by the earth Or cast yourself in the sea You can change your name, for what it’s worth But you can’t change your identity For the one who made you knows you As He knows the hearts of man He’s the only one who’ll show you Who you are and what He’s planned Anthony Foster October 13, 2010

Every hungry starving soul that feeds upon the Word Bring your yearning to be whole, reject the lies you’ve heard You who pant for living streams, who thirst for heaven’s dew There is water here to redeem your dreams, and a better hope renew. Rich provision, taste and see The goodness of the Lord’s glory Revealed in the fountain That flows from the mountain to the sea. Springs that never run dry Shall run through you and me. Rich provision full and free The goodness of the Lord’s glory Revealed in the bread By which the body’s fed Bread made from grain That was milled for you and me. You who thirst for an oasis in a dry and weary land Bring your parched tongues, burned by the searing sands And drink a draught of living water from this flow Drench your thirst in The Naphash stream, then tell all that you know Rich provision, taste and see The goodness of the Lord’s glory Revealed in the fountain That flows from the mountain to the sea. Springs that never run dry Shall run through you a...

Oh Jesus deliver me From evil and my schemes And may your deliverance be seen In the change you make in me Save me from what I want to fix From my inferior dreams Save me from settling for less From living beneath my privilege Rescue me from my dangerous mind Redeem my wasted moments of time Restore me to right reckoning Show me the value I disdain Your holiness is beckoning Give me vision to pursue what is plain Make it obvious to me what you ordain. Show me your way, guide me today Give me the wisdom, I hunger and pray Make my prayers a hunger Make my desires a holy thirst Only you can quench when I seek you first I want you more than anything I want to bless you alone Put you before all others Every moment I have known Help me to clearly see Make your will obvious to me! Anthony Foster October 13, 2010

Oh the love of Jesus is a fire That warms the heart in its glow Its flame envelops our desire And burns the haughty soul Oh the love of Jesus is a flood Covering a multitude of sin In love he poured out his lifeblood Many sons of glory to win. The love of Jesus is a wind A storm that yearns to blow It boils and breathes and enters in To sweep the leaven from our souls. The love of Jesus is a rock Upon which we would stand A mighty refuge for His flock In a world of shifting sand. Oh Love of Jesus draw me near Perfect love that casts out fear Nothing can separate us from The love by which we’re overcome. Anthony Foster October 13, 2010

There is a grieving in my heart For the wasted opportunities That never bore fruit in their season They were consumed in vanity. Forgive me Lord and take control Lord forgive me for the hardness That you find here in my soul Restore me Lord and make me whole Break my heart and rend my veil I have sought my soul to shield I am not faithful, am not true So help me fully yield myself to You. I have cast my heart before the swine To eat the slop that this world serves I have desecrated this holy place By casting my eyes on the dark and disturbed. So purify this hard heart Consecrate this muddled mind Empower my poor spirit And destroy the chains that bind Break my heart and rend my veil I have sought my soul to shield I am not faithful, am not true So help me fully yield myself to You. Anthony Foster October 13, 2010

Sweep out all the leaven That defiles this holy place Break me on the stone of heaven Make me a temple of grace. Redeem all the rocks I have thrown Rebuild my life stone upon stone One on another an altar is raised These stones of remembrance Will declare your praise. Raise up the Ebenezer now A mighty memorial erect In its shadows memories and vows Both come to mind as they intersect I need your wisdom to form my walls I need your tower strong and tall To form the ramparts of my defense You will build unshakeable confidence So fall on me oh Stone of Heaven Righteous Rock crush my deceit Forgive me seventy times seven Make me a footstool for your feet Sweep out all the leaven That defiles this holy place Break me on the Stone of Heaven Make me a temple of Grace. Anthony Foster October 13, 2010

There is honey in the rock For mercy is so sweet The uncut stone not formed by hands Now rests on mercy’s seat Waters of Meribah made me thirst to know Waters of Merom- and rock from which it flows The place carved out for me to hide Machpelah beckons me inside So I will lay me low within its cleft Hide my soul within its rift Cast my life upon the cornerstone The rejected rock, a tower and throne Set my feet on the rock and save me from doom A landslide of love will cover me For this rock still rolls the stone from my tomb Consecrated stone I hide in Thee. Honey in the Rock Honey in the Rock Honey in the Rock Honey in the Rock Anthony Foster October 14, 2010

When I die they will lay me low Though my tomb be consecrated Yet I am leaving, going home I will have vacated. When I die I’ll enter in To my shelter from all harm Hope will never die with me Refuged in my Jesus’ arms Consolation of the dead Found in my own living Head Sure salvation to those who believe And breathe and move and live This is what I am living for The grave becomes the door No fear of death While I breathe life’s breath For the battle is the Lord’s He will clothe my bones He will clothe my bones In glory when I go. Better than a chariot of fire Will be the body that is higher Than what I now can see And my foot will be set free From this world’s mire. October 9, 2010 Anthony Foster

Long, long is the way from home This side of the fall Dark, dark is the path I’m on Who will hear my call? A runaway from justice Believing I could hide There’s no covert operation Under God’s all seeing eye. I will take refuge in my righteous rock I will refuge in the cave of your heart In the tower you build my soul shall sing My home and hearth will be your sheltering wings Your city of refuge is where I long to stay You are the safe place for my wandering soul today. No longer prone to wander But prone to long after You Prone to pursue your presence United with the faithful and True. I will take refuge in my righteous rock I will refuge in the cave of your heart In the tower you build my soul shall sing My home and hearth will be your sheltering wings Your city of refuge is where I long to stay You are the safe place for my wandering soul today. October 9, 2010 Anthony Foster

We are regenerated and new The old passed away and all credit is due To the one who gives purpose and worth The sovereign Lord of new birth Transformed into glory In our innermost parts Conformed to your likeness Keeping beat with your heart Make us a mirror, give us your face A face filled with glory, a face showing grace May we be conformed to you in all we do Transform our likeness to the image of You. A new creation is truly new We are now more than human We are faithful and true By the power that indwells us By our captain of souls By the Word that now tells us We are complete and whole. October 9, 2010 Anthony Foster

Breathe deep the breath of life And breathing you shall live The Spirit of Christ indwells us And sustains the life He gives. Break now the bread of life And eating you shall live The body of Christ receives us And returns the life we give. Our hearts now beat Our minds will learn His strength we seek As our souls yearn For the very breath of life In the very bread of life. Breath deep the breath of life It overpowers death Receive the bread of life And deliverance from wrath Our hearts now beat Our minds will learn His strength we seek As our souls yearn For the very breath of life In the very bread of life. October 9, 2010 Anthony Foster

The tree of life my soul has seen Laden with fruit and evergreen God has made a garden in this place And a fertile field yields a harvest of grace. Now we shall bear much precious fruit For it springs from the righteous root At his command we set hands to plough And we will never turn back now We are the workman and we are the field But he gives the seed that has been revealed He give us strength our soils to till And we give increase as we do His will. The tree of life my soul has found And now I live by the fruit that abounds God has supplied my every need It springs forth from the woman’s seed. October 8, 2010 Anthony Foster

Reshape and reform and replace Reconcile our divergence from grace Change and transform us Shape and conform us Until we see you face to face You are the standard Your likeness convey For you are the potter And we are the clay. The beat of your hammer On anvils of toil There you shape our being You are forging our souls We are chas-ed and tempered As a work of your art By the beat of your hammer And the beat of your heart. Reshape and reform and replace Reconcile our divergence from grace Change and transform us Shape and conform us Until we see you face to face You are the standard Your likeness impart For you are the sculptor And we are your art. October 8, 2010 Anthony Foster

Justice and mercy now kiss Righteousness and peace embrace Dust and starlight mingle in bliss As heaven inhabits this place So Man and Maker may coexist Where justice and mercy kiss. You cast our sins to the depths As you reach down into our souls Now in your song we catch our breath And the broken image is made whole For you have raised us up from death And delivered us from wrath. And so my soul takes courage And though my heart takes strength My mind can never comprehend The height and depth and length Of the lovingkindness without end! Justice and mercy now kiss Righteousness and peace embrace Saved from the wrath and abyss To become holy vessels of grace We were created for this… For justice and mercy kiss. October 8, 2010 Anthony Foster

God has spoken fully and the work is done God has spoken finally in His beloved Son Heir of all things- the radiance of glory He is Creation’s source and the end of God’s story Oh Majesty on High Oh Majesty on High Come lift our hearts As we cast our eyes On the majesty on High! By the word of His power he sustains all things He cleanses us from sin by his perfect suffering So in Christ we live and in Christ we die He sits at the right hand of the majesty on high Better than prophets, better than angels On the right hand of the Majesty on High! Better than Moses, Better than Aaron Keep us anchored to the Majesty on High! So let us not drift for the anchor is sure Let us not doubt for the anchor’s secure The more sure word is the anchor of our souls Christ will keep our life for the anchor holds! October 8, 2010 Anthony Foster

It is not by might, not by Power That the victory is finally ours But by the Spirit of the Lord we overcome. We are only dying dust But in our Warrior we will trust In our weakness it is done Arise in strength in the One Son For in Jesus every victory is won! Not by power, not by might By His Spirit fight the good fight For in weakness mighty power is outpoured Not by power, not by might But His Spirit sets things right So arise for the battle is the Lord’s October 9, 2010 Anthony Foster

We have a great high priest who is wise Who has passed through the heavenlies When we are weak he will sympathize Tempted in every way but without sin is he And he never dies, he never dies He sits on the throne of grace Therefore let us approach with confidence The throne of grace where he reigns Our great high priest will be our defense So mercy’s received and grace attains For the weary soul that repents… Before the throne of grace No blood of birds or bulls or goats There is only one sacrifice Just as Adam and Eve received the coats Only one covering lamb will suffice Only one intercessor, Only One priest Who offers his own blood and on his flesh we feast Certain his redemption will mean our release Before the throne of grace. Oh throne of grace where mercy sweet Flows down from on the the mercy seat Where justice and mercy finally meet Upon the throne of grace Oh throne of grace where Christ alone Now rules and glory is made known Oh I would be a footstool for this throne The ve...