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There is a city on a hill A place for us to rest Erected there from living stones Built on a rock that stands the test A firm foundation from a stone That once was cast away Smitten and stricken by our sin But now is exalted and raised The stricken rock poured forth its grace The smitten stone now flows For by the wounding we are healed Joy comes through a flood of woes For he bore our sins in his Body This rock of offense  was reviled And cast out from the holy city So that we might be reconciled In a city of refuge A place of mercy and of grace For He is our rock of refuge And justice shall reign in this place Protection for the weary Asylum for the weak Who know their neediness of hope Opened for those who seek He takes us to his wounded side And guards us from our sin The penitent pilgrim he forgives For he knows the hearts of men He redeems all our transgressions He restores us from our shame He removes the fear of even death And gives us a new name. In a city of refuge The lo...

We are set apart and given a name A peculiar people defined by a cross A paradox in a world that seeks fame While we’re called to count all things as loss Called to serve the least of these And in mercy to find rest Then righteous fruit will yield its peace And the heart of Christ is blessed May mercy ever mark me Let compassion be complete We will touch the heart of Jesus When we fall upon, when we call upon our mercy seat. To  reach into God’s foolish scheme To find wisdom yet unknown To see this all surpassing dream As more important than our own To turn our eyes to heaven above And find glory where’er you are To seek there the face of Love And healing in the scars May mercy ever mark me Let compassion be complete We will touch the heart of Jesus When we fall upon, when we call upon our mercy seat. Anthony Foster July 26, 2012

With all you’ve got,  these words repeat "Draw us back to mercy’s cure" Our Jesus Saves Now we are not- lost in our conceit For all we lack, we stand secure For Jesus saves Hell is  hot, heaven’s sweet, sin is black , judgment’s sure but Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves We the blood bought fall at His feet Though doubts attack and sin may lure Still Jesus saves Our holy lot to be made complete Reckon the fact that renders us pure King Jesus saves Hell is  hot, heaven’s sweet, sin is black , judgment’s sure and Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Hell is  hot, heaven’s sweet, sin is black , judgment’s sure and Jesus saves Jesus saves Jesus saves Anthony Foster Remembering Adrian Rogers July 26, 2012

Speak forth Your voice And the mountains will crumble In its echo we rejoice We hear its righteous rumble The thunder of Your Word Makes men tremble where it’s heard And we are humbled Hearts are humbled hearts are stirred. Lord speak your servants hear you Life is in every word that You say Speak and your word will transform us Speak Lord and we will obey Speak forth your Word And the righteous will tremble Its echo is heard In the heart of Your temple Your glory is declared And exalted is Your Name And we will worship Hearts are stirred We will never be the same. Lord speak your servants hear you Life is in every word that You say Speak and your word will transform us Speak Lord and we will obey Anthony Foster July 15, 2012

We ponder the past And your works we recall We meditate daily On our Jericho’s walls Delivered from dangers Your strong hand still guides We praise You for good things Your love has denied Out of the midst of our Jordan We have gathered memorial stones Erected a   true testimony Of the miracles that we have known Stones to mark your faithfulness Stones to establish your fame Stones to direct our attentions To the glory of your Mighty name We will tell it to our generations The remembrances we will rehearse Declaring the day of salvation And deliverance from the curse. Stones to mark your faithfulness Stones to establish your fame Stones to direct our attentions To the glory of your Mighty name Anthony Foster July 15, 2012