AnthonyFosterPhD

I am a wayward child at times Presuming on your grace I've committed oh so many crimes Like resisting your embrace Lord prevail over my ignorance My arguments disallow Take me to my knees till my spirit repents Reverse my bad decisions somehow Oh Jesus! overrule me For your glory and my good Though Satan tries to fool me I'll surrender to you I will render to you My obedience just as I should Make me a man under authority Change my heart and change my mind Over whelm my desires till your way I see And your perfect will may I find When I am contrary and act like a fool Your discipline is what I need So my stubborn stony heart overrule Teach me to obey as you intercede Wretched man that I am, who will rescue me Who in the world will give me liberty From this life that is dominated by sin? Thank God for my deliverance in Him The death sentence is overruled and I am free Oh Jesus, overrule me For your glory and my good Though Satan tries to fool me I'll surrender to you I ...

Rejoice in the Lord always-For the Lord is glorified When we pursue our joy in Him-And know our soul is satisfied. Our joy in God will make our praise -An honor to our King When in His glory we delight-We bring our finest offering. Be glad in the glories of the Lord-Be filled and lift your voice Immersed within unbounded grace-Drink deeply and rejoice! Dawning on our understanding-He reveals Himself by grace A treasure deep within our hearts-As we long to seek His face So we pursue our deepest joy-Take pleasure in His light And in that joy our God is pleased-We mirror His delight. Be glad in the glories of the Lord-Be filled and lift your voice Immersed within unbounded grace-Drink deeply and rejoice! True worship yields our very heart and strength and mind and soul We exalt God as our hearts exult-Then worship is made whole. We apprehend His beauty-Awed by his power and might We recognize and understand-When spirit and truth unite Be glad in the glories of the Lord Be filled and li...

I'll hunker in my bunker Safe there from the battleblast The Lord will be my refuge And He will hold me fast I'll hunker in my hunker zone Where I can be touched by God alone For when I hunker down in Him I have no real desire to sin. So hunker down you soldiers Hunker down and rest Prepare now for the warfare Go into battle blessed Take up your royal armor The shield, the belt, the sword And you shall taste the victory For the battle is the Lord's! I'll hunker in my bunker Safe there from the battleblast The Lord will be my keeper And he will hold me fast I will go out when I must When I fight and I then will trust The deep place will restore my peace Where fears subside and battles cease Bridge: The wings of God will be a shield and a strong defense A refuge for the warrior, a true deliverance This fortress never falters, his shelter never fails And those who rest within it shall forevermore prevail So hunker down you soldiers Hunker down and rest Prepare now for ...

Our Good Is His Glory Gods glory is our good This mysterious paradox- It must be understood The Father deems to bless us With a most peculiar wealth He gives us all things freely But more- He gives himself. When blessings pour out on us, It pleased Him to provide As we receive His grace-gifts Our souls are satisfied His children cast upon him Their every care and need It pleases Him to love us And our hungry hearts to feed So as we live and as we move And find our being in Him we prove That he is worthy of our trust Who fashions diamonds from our dust. Of the Most High we partake This privilege for His name's sake The Lord God is most glorified When in Him we're most satisfied! He transforms us to glory The likeness of his Son Till one day we will be like Him When every deed is done But now as image bearers We seek to glorify The One who works within us- He'll complete us bye and bye God's will is working in us to will and do it all As we learn to walk worthy of t...

Christ is the image of the invisible God, Of all creation- the firstborn For in him all things in heaven and on the earth were formed Things visible and invisible, whether dominions or thrones Or rulers or powers, all things have been created through and for him alone. He himself is before all things, In Him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church forever and ever! He's the alpha, the beginning; So that he might have first place He became the firstborn from the dead, Preeminent in all of time and space We declare there is no greater Name and no greater mystery Which is Christ in you, so we proclaim: This is the hope of glory. So we are reconciled to God: Holy, blameless in God's sight. We cast ourselves on Gospel hope We receive the Gospel light!. For in him all the fullness Of God was pleased to dwell, And through him God was pleased To himself, all things to reconcile Whether on earth or in heaven, Now peace with men He makes Through th...

To the people in sin’s bondage A call goes out to leave The Lord offers redemption Deliverance and reprieve The Lord redeems His people And each motive purifies So embark now on your pilgrimage Walk in the way of the wise. For our God reigns Your chains of bondage you can lose Our God reigns Become the bearers of good news! Respond by faith to the call of God On that pilgrim way,   the path Christ trod To the holy city set on heaven’s hills Into the presence of God’s promises fulfilled Now set your sights on Zion For the Holy city now depart No unclean thing may enter So God will cleanse your heart. The way is narrow and the way is straight So you must follow where Christ leads A long obedience is how He guides And upon the Rock He will set your feet Bridge: Hear the voice of your watchmen—As  they lift up their voice; for eye to eye they see  the Lord in Zion. Hear the voice of your watchmen— Together we rejoice; for eye to eye we see  the Lord i...

There's a portent of the glory that lies ahead A sampling of the grace yet to come Assurance of the blessing that waits in the wings We see in part till the numbers are summed. On the day of accounting our longing will end We reckon this fact as secure We see through a glass darkly good things to come Promises of blessings that endure But we don't have to wait for that glorious day When shadows become reality Taste and see that the Lord is so good Here and now, present tense, we can see... I want a foretaste, a foretaste, a foretaste of your glory I want a foretaste, a foretaste, a foretaste of your glory A foretaste of the glory-Sure as the salvation has begun He shall reign forever when the day is done. He shall reign forever when the day is done. He shall reign forever when the day is done. On deliverance day we shall know as we're known On what is seen, we won’t fix our eyes What we see is temporary but the unseen shall last And a glimpse of that beauty is here in di...

Look on the suffering savior With the nails piercing His hands He is full propitiation He fulfills the law's demands The sin bearer bore our penalty When for His own He died God His Father sees the woundings And is fully satisfied. But though they tore this temple down He raised it in three days In the carpenter's mighty hand True power He displays In meekness He laid down his life But in Glory He arose Now regard the nail-scars in His hands From which love and mercy flows Look upon the revelation Of the Sovereign glorified With a voice-cry like tr u mpet Flowing hair and glowing eyes In the midst of seven lamp stands Seven stars in his right hand He is holding His beloved Who have followed His command He has the whole world in His hands The sovereign wields the word He raises high his holy stars He is J es u s Christ o u r Lord. Look u pon the living one The first and the last authority The alpha and omega He is holding Davids key  As He holds the keys to life and death Hea...

Enter now into the throne room Of your great Creator King With a holy fear approach him Feel your heart begin to sing Let His wonder make you tremble Let His promise make you bold As you come into His temple As His glory you behold Filled with awe, filled with amazement At this access, full and free When you greet him as your Father You  will meet your destiny The One who spoke creation Who reigns in light above Is the One who laid His life down So that you might know His love Tremble with joy-The closer you draw Tremble with wonder-Tremble with awe Tremble in sober reverence-As in Majesty you stand He will shake your soul with glory-As He holds you in His hand. The mighty Majesty on high Laid down on a cruel cross Became a servant and a reject Suffered sin's heartbreaking cost His atoning blood was offered As a final sacrifice- To cover our obscenities Death was the purchase price All the sin that separates you From the Father he has borne He who knows s as he knows himsel...

"Devoting a life to material comforts and security and thrills is like throwing money down a rat hole."- John Piper This hit me and prompted me to write this little ditty: Down a Rat Hole You can be generous or you can be greedy But its tragic if mammon you trust Sell your possessions, and give to the needy Or reserve them for  moths and for rust Flee from those objects of lust Quit being satisfied with the 2% yields Of pleasures and all that you please Invest in the blue-chip, eternal, high-yield, Divinely insured se-cu-ri-ties. Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Choose ease, comfort, and pleasure or heavenly treasure You can be generous or you can be greedy Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. If material comforts are your main goal Security and this week's thrills That's like throwing money down a rat hole. Gluttony never fulfills Life's more than just paying your bills. To live in luxury satisfies-- never It is much more blessed to ...