AnthonyFosterPhD

Fill my heart with wisdom Lord I pray, Lord I pray Fill my heart with wisdom , Lord I pray Fill my heart with wisdom  And then all I do and say Will serve to bring you glory day by day.   Fill my heart with mercy Lord I pray, Lord I pray Fill my heart with mercy, Lord I pray Fill my heart with mercy for those who’ve gone astray Fill my heart as mercy leads the way   Bridge Lord fill our hearts to breaking with wonder as we stand amazed fill our mouths with songs we’re making with eternal joy and praise.   Fill my heart with joy Lord I pray, Lord I pray Fill my heart with joy, Lord I pray Fill my heart with joy and put it on display And all will know the Truth the Life and Way   Fill my heart with music Lord I pray, Lord I pray Fill my heart with music Lord I pray Fill my heart with music And my soul will truly sing And songs will be my perfect offering   Lord fill our hearts to breaking with wonder as we stand amazed fill our mouths with songs we’re making ...

When I am broken and confused When by the world I am abused I'll recall what   time will not erase I will cast myself headlong on grace When I'm broken by the weight of loss When I'm too dumb to count the cost When between a rock and a hard place I will cast myself headlong on grace When at the end of my sad self At the end of my rope   I've lost my health When no one here will hear my case I will cast myself headlong on grace When trouble comes and comfort flees When devils pick apart my peace   Jesus is my hiding place I will cast myself headlong on grace When in the morning when I rise Till when the darkness deep draws nigh I will run to my God's embrace I will cast myself headlong on grace There in my weakness I am strong There where my mourning turns to song I abandon other dreams I chase I will cast myself headlong on grace When I'm helpless in my plight When right seems wrong and wrong seems right When I'm fainting as I run this race I will cast mysel...

Can it be, how can it be   That   the Savior died for me? How can it be that I should gain Healing from one who bore my pain Amazing, this is amazing, I stand in awe at the very thought Amazing, So amazing, The price He paid that my soul might be bought An interest in His blood divine Is given to me, it is mine Though I was still his enemy He bore my sin and died for me! Amazing, this is amazing, I stand in awe at the very thought Amazing, So amazing, The price He paid that my soul might be bought This is a holy mystery How very God   hung on the tree This paradox of pain and peace The wonders of it never cease Amazing, this is amazing, I stand in awe at the very thought Amazing, So amazing, The price He paid that my soul might be bought Angels inquire into the scene To Understand what it should mean To see the heart of God now rent Twas for this moment Christ was sent. Amazing, this is amazing, I stand in awe at the very thought Amazing, So amazing, The price He paid tha...

  I think on the days gone by and I wonder. Think of things beyond my eye and I wonder Think of what I have been spared Think of what I have not dared And I wonder.   I stand astonished and amazed and I wonder. At how I can remain unphased and I wonder. By glories that I may yet gain As I  marvel at the mere mundane And I wonder And I ponder And I wonder.   There are miracles awaiting me If the unseen I will see For truth will surely set me free As I wonder.   There is knowing in the doing and I wonder. In the thing I am pursuing if I wonder There is  awe in what’s been done Is that beauty that’s begun And I wonder.   I hear a glory in the call and I wonder. And on my knees I’ll fall as I wonder. And all my pondering will fail And the weight of glory will prevail And I wonder.   I can live and move and be I can live the mystery In the maker of eternity And I wonder Lost in wonder. Found in wonder.   August 19, 2020 Anthony Foster  

Almighty, Holy, Merciful in Majesty,  Purchase us out of our sin Help us serve our master,  Let us not be respecters of men Now slaves to righteousness we would be This is the only way to be set free   To persevere in worship To persevere in praise With gratitude and hope Help us to fill our days   We go astray so easily,  and in our idols we confide Draw us now unto your Self  Our souls pant to be satisfied We would abandon our desires To seek  to burn with holy fires   All our affections and our trust We put in your great grace Finding our delights in You May we only seek your face   Now slaves to righteousness we would be This is the only way to be set free Now slaves to righteousness we would be This is the only way to be set free   Anthony Foster August 12, 2020 

Trust in the Lord with your whole heart On your own wisdom do not depend Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways And your pathways He’ll unbend and the crooked shall be made straight, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: For in His glory God shall reign   For every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain shall be made low: And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, All mankind will see it and all will know   Oh, the depth, oh the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of Yahweh How unsearchable are His judgments And how  unfathomable His ways! For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen and amen all creation sings!   He makes the Crooked Straight He makes the Crooked Straight His glory is forever great He makes the Crooked Straight   Isaiah 40:4-5 Proverbs 3:5-6 Romans 11:33,36   Anthony Foster August 11, 2020

    According to your steadfast Love According to your abundant mercy Blot out my sin and transgressions Reveal to me- redemption’s mystery   You will not count me as guilty Though I deserve your holy wrath You have given the gift of repentance And placed me on the righteous path   I turn helpless to the mercy and love of God And the blood of Christ I will forever plead I fall on my faithless face And I cast myself upon His grace His blood secures all the mercy I need.   For the Lord, the Lord, is  merciful He is gracious, His anger comes slow He is faithful, my Lord is faithful And he delights His mercy to show   In steadfast love  he  is abounding and faithfulness, forgiving iniquity  and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty.   I turn helpless to the mercy and love of God And the blood of Christ I will forever plead I fall on my faithless face And I cast myself upon His grace His blood secures all the m...

I will go with heaven’s glory , I will go, I will go And the rest of the story the world will know, all will know When my Jesus comes for me From beyond the crystal sea I’ll step into eternity and I will know.   I will go with heaven’s glory, I will go He will take me to his side from here below When my Jesus he returns Wood and hay and stubble burns Every  hope  for which my heart yearns I shall know.   I will go with heaven’s glory I will go When he comes I’ll leave behind death’s dark shadow As I sing with heaven’s choir, Like a chariot of fire I will rise to my desire and I will go.   I will go, I will go, I will go He shall reap the sacred seeds that  He sows So my life on Him depends Jesus is my journeys’s end With my Jesus I’ll ascend and I will know.   Anthony Foster August 20, 2020

My joy is found in heaven’s heights-Where my Lord rules on His throne So on its shores I will set my sights-There I’ll know as I am known Now I will pursue heaven’s mind-And seek a servant’s heart Then earthy goodness I might find-As I am set apart.   For I would fully apprehend-The presence of my King And there in glory I would stand-To rejoice give thanks and sing   The inheritance I’ll one day own-In one sense now is mine For His favor Christ has shown-As a seal and as a sign To bask in glory without end-My boast will be complete His beauty I will comprehend-In his presence at His feet   For I would fully apprehend-The presence of my King And there in glory I would stand-To rejoice give thanks and sing   August 7, 2020 Anthony Foster