AnthonyFosterPhD

Lo He comes Comes to search and rescue To seek and save, release you Lo He comes Lo He comes Comes to fulfill God’s mission Comes to give the blind a vision Lo He comes. Jesus who delivers us From the wrath to come From the grave He has arisen Just look what God has done! Lo He comes God is sending and pursuing Christ is continually rescuing Daughters and Sons Till Hs Kingdom comes As the Father has sent the Son Sent Him down from Heaven above So now He sends us out To shed abroad His love. So we go, And as we are sent We are His continual advent Invading new souls So we go So we go So we go. Anthony Foster Deember 23, 2016

Now may the God of peace who brought again Our Lord Jesus From the dead The great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ,   to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.   Hebrews 13:20-21 Keep on drawing near to God Forever and ever. He works in us this very thing Forever and ever. He is doing this through Jesus Who has purchased for us this grace Through His death and so He prays And asks the Father and He hears So that He might draw us near Eternal saving work Of our High Priest alone Makes it so we can draw near And stand at Grace’s throne He intercedes on our behalf He who saves us from sure wrath He prays our faith should never fail With confidence we will prevail/ So in confession and in prayer Draw near   in trust and praise He will never cast you out For to the uttermost He saves. ...

--> Stir me up, remind me Wake me from my sleep Continue to awaken me For I slumber long and deep. Though great things we have known We degrade them, to our harm Instead to dullness we are prone Halfhearted and lukewarm. So feel the wonder of the truth The greatness of its weight We have no need for something new So the old freshly relate. Reminders and stirrings will Cause us to feel some measure Of the joy this Christmas can instill Great joy shall be our treasure So may indestructible joy Dawn now upon our day With God the object of our joy It can’t be tak’n away. And so this Christmas heed the Word May the Spirit op’n our eyes So our affections now are stirred To see afresh the glorious Christ Anthony Foster After Piper December 22, 2016