AnthonyFosterPhD

Looking to the past we gain a grateful heart You are the master designer and this world’s a work of art You are the promise keeper- history proves you true Help us see that future graces all will come from You Give us perfect vision Lord, that we might clearly see The hope and promises you give become reality With 20/20 hindsight we come to understand That all things work according to your perfect plan Looking at the present help us see with redeemed eyes So we may see the truth that this world would just disguise To see the world as it is, held together  by your Word Help us to live out the good news of the message we have heard Give us perfect vision Lord that we might clearly see You work all things together to fulfill our destiny So clarify our vision till illusions pass away With eyes of faith made perfect then with open hearts we pray Looking to the future Lord we see the hope unveiled We see with renewed minds that your word has never failed The author and the finisher of fa...

You came to the house of bread, as the bread of life you came That our souls might be fed,  for to save us was your aim As the manna from the sky God's people to sustain Soon to die and rise again like a holy seed of grain You came to Jacob's well  living water there to give To quench the fires of hell and  our thirst that we might live Living water for our souls, flowing from the Father's throne Cleanse our hearts and make us whole and make your glory known You came to Gethsemane to the olive grove to pray Your voiced your earnest plea that God's wrath be turned away There to sanctify His priest  with the olive oil applied There your will it was released so we might be sanctified You came on a wedding day in the fullness of God's  time Working wonders to convey that messiah was divine You became the righteous wine when your precious blood you shed At your wedding feast to dine, there we drink and we are fed To a darkened world you came to reveal eternal light T...

God reigns over the nations;  Our God reigns on high God sits on his holy throne.  And his redemption is drawing nigh The Lord reigns from eternity Come and make his glory known. He is robed in majesty;  He is Lord and Lord alone. The sound of God's watchmen— they lift up their voice; Together they sing for joy;  Together with them we rejoice For eye to eye they see  the return of the Lord to Zion. Break forth together into singing, Sing a song of the lamb and lion! For our God is the One  who is high and lifted up, To Him alone we lift Salvation’s Cup He who inhabits eternity,  Holy is His Name Our God reigns, From Age to Age the Same! The Lord has bared his holy arm  before the eyes of all the nations, And all the ends of the earth  shall see our God’s great salvation He dwells in the high and holy place,  And to the humble grace imparts To raise up the spirit of the lowly,  And to revive contrite hearts For our God is the One...

For the abandoned husband left alone without a wife To the  refugee with no reason to keep on living life To the homeless and the heartless all alone And the slave that is owned by the  things he owns This is the message that you need to hear Frail children the Father holds you dear The happy moral pagan who believes there is no need To those unsatisfied in their  pride and greed The barren still waiting with dwindling hope The rebellious  rogue at the end of her rope This is the message that you need to hear Frail children the Father holds you dear. Bridge Trade all of your sorrow Behold what manner of love Don’t wait for tomorrow Behold what manner of love Those drowning  in depression that deepens each day For the prodigal who's dying in a strange new way And the infidel floundering  from their futile choice And the innocent orphan who has no voice This is the message that you need to hear Frail children the Father holds you dear. This is the message tha...

Nights of sorrow, nights of doubt And anxiety is all about Bewilderment may take its toll Oppress my spirit and terrify my soul But God our maker makes the song And I will sing it all night long Though darkness may envelop me And make it very hard to see With eyes of faith I see the light The glory of Christ’s face shines bright This is my night of worship This is my night of praise Songs and prayers and the living word Are the sounds my soul has heard So in the night with eyes of faith I gaze And see the light that lights my ways Bridge The sun is sinking in the west and dusk is falling hard Evening drapes its cloak on me so as my soul to guard The melody my spirit hears become songs in the night For this I am most grateful,  this  is my heart’s delight With eyes of faith I see the light The glory of Christ’s face shines bright This is my night of worship This is my night of praise Songs and prayers and the living word Are the sounds my soul has heard So in the night with eye...

Our days are like the flower We bloom and make a show And all too soon we fade away, and back to earth we go Our days are filled with trouble and times that are unjust We are the sons of Adam the frail children of the dust Our days are like a dawning but the shadows soon will fall And suffering and sorrow  drive us behind our walls But dust and living water  can make a pot of clay The potter gives us purpose in a dry and weary day. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail In God do we trust nor find Him to fail When day turns to darkness and gold turns to rust He sheds tender mercies on frail children of dust Like dust in the wind we are blown too and fro But storms make the desert with waters to flow In our frailty and weakness His power we trust For God knows our frame; He remembers the  dust.  O come all you faithless, your burdens He’ll lift Oh come to the savior -partake of his gift. Bridge Our bodies may fail and our minds may forget Our strength dissipates ...

Here in the depths of doubt Here in the darkness and pain To my Savior I cry out And I do not cry out in vain He promises that He will hear me And in His word I can trust I draw close and He draws near me Even though I am but dust In the depths of doubt Grace is deeper still So we raise a shout As He works His will According to his purpose According to His plan The sin that would usurp us Is defeated once again. Here in the depths of doubt Fear bends a submissive knee My unbelief is cast out And faith has the victory Jesus will answer my prayer He does it time and again When I call out He is there He turns my loss to gain. In the depths of doubt Grace is deeper still So we raise a shout As He works His will According to his purpose According to His plan The sin that would usurp us Is defeated once again. Here in the depths of doubt Fear bends a submissive knee My unbelief is cast out And faith has the victory And faith has the victory Anthony Foster October 9, 2020

We hit the road together not knowing Just what direction we’d both end up going But God called us out - we know that for sure And He’s proven to us that in Him we’ll endure Together we needed such different graces He brought us together from different places We Two He intended to make into one And what He had in mind is what He has done. We’ve walked many a mile on this long road with Jesus You and me and  our faithful friend And no matter how  anyone else sees us We’ll make it with Him to the end. Each step in the daylight and the stumbling dark So many these miles have worn on us its marks With quite a few detours  along the way We were never forsaken even when we strayed So often we were going without knowing But Jesus persisted  in the grace He was showing So often we wanted to lay down our load But then mercy’s markers led us on that road. We’ve walked many a mile on this long road with Jesus You and me and  our faithful friend And no matter how  anyon...

There are waters that will engulf you And take you to sin’s miry depths Drowning  in floods of  futility They’ll take away  your final breath But there is Water for the weary And Streams for saddened souls A Fountain founded for the fearful As the righteous river rolls Oh the deep, deep wells of mercy Into the living waters sink Leave behind the broken cisterns From the wells of mercy drink Christ is the source of life eternal For we know He is the living water If you would Never thirst again Draw from its depths you sons and daughters Drinking from the well of Jesus A  fountain springs up in your soul Rivers of living water Out of your heart will flow Oh the deep deep wells of mercy With living water welling up I will drink from its depths in this desert For He will freely fill salvations’ cup Anthony Foster October 3, 2020