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We will take the bread and we will drink the cup And it will be our sustinance so we shall drink it up So eat his body drink his blood From the slaughtered lamb that stood. This living holy water pours And so the victory is ours Victory, victory Yes Grace shall have the victory For mercy overflows To every one who knows The triumph of the cross, the final victory! The bruising of his heel has crushed the serpent’s skull And all that will be left is and empty voided hull The power of the cursed one will then at last be null The power of the cursed one will then at last be null When we remember we must recall Not just his death but his all in all From the garden to the grave The promised seed must save Through the promised covenant his blood He gave. Death has passed us by There is no more death to die For he bore our Sin and so our sins forgave The true tree of life has risen From earth’s devastating dust Into Him we are ingrafted And in Him we place our trust. So we will take the ...

We will take the bread and we will drink the cup And it will be our sustenance So we shall drink it up So eat his body drink his blood. From the slaughtered lamb that stood, This living holy water pours- And so the victory is ours! Victory, victory Yes Grace shall have the victory For mercy overflows To every one who knows The triumph of the cross, the final victory! The bruising of his heel has crushed the serpent’s skull And all that will be left is and empty voided hull The power of the cursed one will then at last be null The power of the cursed one will then at last be null When we remember we must recall Not just his death but his all in all From the garden to the grave The promised seed must save Through the promised covenant his blood He gave. Death has passed us by There is no more death to die For he bore our Sin and so our sins forgave The true tree of life has risen From earth’s devastating dust Into Him we are ingrafted And in Him we place our trust. So we will take t...

Even with our quickened eyes We fail to see the depths of grace But as we turn our eyes to Christ Clouds will part as we apprehend your face We apprehend What we can’t comprehend And glory fills this place Thundering radiance fires our bones As the weight of glory is made known For the joy set before you For the glory to be gained For the Father to restore you To the place from which you came Founder and perfecter Author and finisher For Father’s glory you stayed true For the joy set before you You endured the cross, and suffered loss Took our blame, despised the shame Now you are seated at the right hand of God Given a name above every other name We bow low to the earth And seek to worship all you are worth Grace and compassion are your throne And so we worship you alone You are worthy, you are worthy. Of the glory and the joy of your throne. Col 3:13 Anthony Foster September 23, 2011

These are the days of deep wonder Days of obedience Deep days of sin torn asunder Today is the day of recompense The power to rend our hearts In the hands of a faithful friend And though mystery may break us He is faithful to the end. Bring the days of the frequent vision Send each trembling heart on mission Heneni is our cry Make our ears tingle and brighten our eye Help us to cast off all distractions Help us focus on your grace Help us understand your mercy As we seek your holy face. All that you have spared us from And all that you have planned All work together for the glory Even angels fail to understand. Your favor is applied As you draw us to your side In your presence, father we are undone Here rests a grace that can’t be won. Here in the days of deep wonder The days of hearts crucified The ultimate circumcision In a cross where our savior has died Cut off and broken for our sin You despised the shame and took the blame The deep places now arise from within And we shall never ...

Now I know Abba’s tender arms An embrace for a fatherless child A nurturing place where I’m kept from harm With my father I’m reconciled Beloved children reconciled. Crying out Abba Father At the cross we lay our pain You turn our loss into gain We cry out for the souls of men Crying out for your presence again We need Your presence to live in Forgiveness is given Your power to use Your wisdom to choose We shall cry out Cast away all doubt Cast ourselves upon your grace Abba Father, Abba Father Let us see your face Fill our hearts and fill this place We need Your strength to endure Your love true and pure Your interceding prayers Your mercy and your care We are crying out Our prayer becomes a shout We cast ourselves on you alone Crying abba Father, Abba Father Abba Father make your glory known As we stand boldly before your throne Anthony Foster September 22, 2011

Every thing of who we are Every thing of how we live How we move and how we breathe A picture of Christ gives. Trust his timing trust his plan Trust when you don’t understand Love the Lord with all your heart To love each other we must start Knowing Jesus and making Him known Living full throttle for Christ alone As highest passion fills our eyes This thought alone our heart occupies A higher passion- on which all other passions are based A higher ground- on which our sure foundation is placed A higher calling- a narrow and bright way A dawn where the broad shadows have no sway. Anthony Foster September 22, 2011

Oh to the deep places I would flee Escape the darkness and bask in your light Hid in the rock carved out for me I’ll seek the place where faith becomes sight. My heart and soul cries out to you oh Lord My shepherd and redeemer on you I call The mists have gathered on my moors And of the next step I’m unsure. Come guide me lest I slip and fall. Take me to the place where faith becomes sight Open up my eyes so I can see the obvious light Empower the obedience of faith by your grace All our desires are set right In that place where faith becomes sight Before that one day when we see face to face We still can see clearly in your glorious light If we will bind your Word to us while we live in this place We will have wisdom to do what is right You will not abandon me You will part the veil so I can see Reveal the warp and the woof of your will Calm my storming heart and peace instill. Take me to the place where faith becomes sight Open up my eyes so I can see the obvious light Empower the ob...

Multiply our joy Multiply our peace Multiply our patience And our faithfulness increase For the fruit we bear The gifts we share All come down from above So Lord we pray Each and every day That You will increase our love. May our kindness grow May our goodness show May our gentleness find gain May our self control Like righteousness roll Down upon our lives again This is our pursuit For each and every fruit That the Spirit in us births Will meet many needs And bear many seeds That can sprout and grow in worth Anthony Foster September 25, 2011

Bringing peace beyond all knowledge Powering over this terrain Over mountains and through valleys Coming like a mighty train A miracle like a freight train –a special delivery. Miracle like a freight train bearing down on me Runaway runaway grace poured out on me Unstoppable, it’s roaring through the landscape of my mind Undeterrable, its running right on schedule-on God’s time A miracle like a freight train –a special delivery. Miracle like a freight train bearing down on me Runaway runaway grace poured out on me It rumbles through my comforts Ease is crushed beneath its wheels Pleasure takes on a new meaning In the light this miracle reveals A miracle like a freight train – take me where I cannot see. Miracle like a freight train bearing down on me A miracle like a freight train –sent down from eternity Miracle like a freight train bearing down on me Runaway runaway grace poured out on me Anthony Foster August 30, 2011

Sing this song to the Lord Sing this song to the Lord He has triumphed gloriously He has cast our sin into the deepest sea Raised us from the pit and made us sons Given us the power to overcome Separated us from that by which we’re bound Now in the strong man Jesus we are found. March on my soul in might March on my soul in might Destroy the gates tear down the walls For our Lord is stronger than all Our Lord is strongest of all. Breaker King, great is your majesty Burn in the heart that is set free You consume our stubble with your fire Place in us a pure and holy desire Stronger than the desires of this age Strong man give us strength to rage With a holy anger without sin See compassion’s fires begin. March on my soul in might March on my soul in might Destroy the gates tear down the walls For our Lord is stronger than all Our Lord is strongest of all. Anthony Foster September 15, 2011

Separated, isolated behind walls rising within We were chained and devastated By a lousy load of sin For we made the ties that bound us There was darkness where you found us That does not have a name It left us broken and ashamed You were forsaken when you bore our sin In your own body on the tree That we being dead to sin Could live eternally To be the righteousness of God For all the world to see our God In your suffering, grace is now revealed And by your wounds we are healed You were hated when you came And yet you bore our scorn Despised the shame and took our blame So we could be reborn And by your cross love is revealed By your stripes our wounds are healed And your death became the final offering And so to you Jesus, we will cling. Christ has triumphed gloriously Cast our sins into the deepest sea To remember them against us no more You give the power to forgive You give the power now to live You give the reason our souls can sing And so to Jesus we shall cling. Anthony Foster...