AnthonyFosterPhD

Lord help me not yield to discouragement. Help me to battle unbelief When I am weak and my strength is spent You are my rescue and my relief My flesh and my heart may fail, When it seems the world will surely prevail When I am weary of my own endeavor, God is the strength of my heart God is the strength of my heart God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. I feel so helpless and unable to cope. My body is weary and my heart almost dead. I am hanging and dangling at the end of my rope Then I find I am held by an unbreakable thread Bridge: So whatever the reason For this difficult season You are my sword, and you are my shield I will trust God and I will not yield. Revive my soul! my soul restore! My heart was exhausted, but you refresh it once more It was dying of thirst and ready to fall To the living water, God led my soul And my life was revived So I will follow as long as I am alive... My flesh and my heart may fail, When it seems the world will su...

To know Christ leads is blessedness His care and comfort I confess Whatever I do, wherever I am I still am led by Jesus' hand. When in the depths of deep despair In triumph you lead me even there. Here in the tempest or in paths of peace His nail scarred hand I'll not release. Through the valley of shadows You lead me In the depths of my hunger You feed me Lord, You provide for all my needs And when I fail You intercede When blood was required You chose to bleed So I will follow You. Lord, I would clasp your healing hand then I have no need to understand The mysteries life has reserved for me For while you lead I need not see. When my journey on this earth is done, When, by your grace, the vict’ry’s won, Then death’s embrace I will not fear For then he 'll surely draw me near. Through the valley of shadows You lead me In the depths of my hunger You feed me Lord, You provide for all my needs And when I fail, You intercede When blood was required You chose to bleed So I w...

Man of Sorrows, spotless lamb All our guilt and shame you bore Redeemed us from the hellbound damned Opened  to us heavens door! Man of Sorrows, man of grief Crushed for our iniquities You’re our refuge and relief Pierced for our Sin to set us free Man of Sorrows, weep for me Bear my burdens and my pain Sins penalty you reap for me And your loss becomes my gain. Man of Sorrows so abused The Suffering servant is revealed Innocent, you were accused By your woundings we are healed Afflicted and oppressed for me Rejected by man and despised The result of His suffering God shall see And He shall be satisfied He was lifted up to die Though he had done no violence Cut off from life for such as I He is my Righteous recompense Man of Sorrows in your tomb The God of Life Death could not hold Vindicated you spelled Death’s doom And so the good news must be told! For now on High he intercedes He is exalted on the throne So we extol His mighty deeds Till he returns to call us Home! July 13...

--> Draw us in to life eternal Set our feet on solid ground Guard our hearts from trials external Take   us, shake us, break us down Till you become our one desire Set apart with holy fire Help us lose our lives that they may be found! Our heart exploits our mind Our wants to justify Taking up your cross Doesn’t mean things denied But to come to disdain Your own authority crucified To where no rights remain For the sovereign’s sake Till we follow His lead again As the world our heart breaks It is dying   to self and to living a lie Willing to suffer, to sacrifice Willing to take up our cross and to die For the precious pearl of great price A cross often worn but rarely borne No moderate participation can suffice For now our very life is Christ July 13, 2019 Anthony Foster

It is a deep and wonderful thing To lay hold of the God Who makes the heart sing To lay hold of the way, the truth, and life That lays hold of you as an offering. It is a deep and wonderful thing To apprehend life In the cleansing dayspring Flowing forth from the giving, living stone To quench One thirst a fresh thirst to bring Chor To the cup of salvation   we are led On the bread of heaven we are fed I am satisfied in the crucified To taste the beauty of the cross The yes and amen are never lost. And Endless ages lie ahead And Endless ages lie ahead It is a deep and wonderful thing To take up a cross And then follow the King For his yoke is easy and burden light He will lift up his child on eagles wings. Chor To the cup of salvation   we are led On the bread of heaven we are fed I am satisfied in the crucified To taste the beauty of the cross The yes and amen are never lost. And Endless ages lie ahead And Endless ages lie ahead Anthony Foster

When this passing world is done, When has sunk yon glaring sun; When I stand with Christ in glory, Looking o’er life’s finished story, Then, Lord, shall I fully know— not till then, how much I owe. Every ounce of faith, he has given Every moment granted is a grace Every failure he has now forgiven Every hope to which I set my face Every good work that has found His favor All I am and ever hope to be I will only boast in Christ my savior For it is not I but Christ in me When I stand before the throne, Dressed in beauty not my own; When I see Thee as Thou art, Love Thee with un-sinning heart; Then, Lord, shall I fully know, not till then, how much I owe. All to Christ I owe, all to Christ I owe Whatever I do and wherever I go All to Christ All to Him I owe Every ounce of faith, he has given Every moment granted is a grace Every failure he has now forgiven Every hope to which I set my face Every good work that has found His favor All I am and ever hope to be I will only boast ...