AnthonyFosterPhD

Lord in my desperation and my deep deep need For your abundant mercy and grace I plead For I am very weak, so refuge I will seek Now to your hiding place I pray that you will lead For those who take refuge in You You provide a stronghold and rescue For those who take refuge in You You provide a stronghold and rescue You will be our shelter and you will be our shield In the day of trouble  on this mortal battlefield Help us to appropriate the covering you provide For those who would take refuge you welcome us inside  For those who take refuge in You You provide a stronghold and rescue For those who take refuge in You You provide a stronghold and rescue Bridge How abundant is your goodness,  Which you have worked by your grace Yet we run for other sanctuaries And another hiding place…but there’s no hiding place Key Change I will run for cover ‘neath the shelter of your wings I will run for cover and drink from your wellsprings There is no condemnation for the one who in You...

Christ left His Father’s throne to come to us in grace He put on flesh and the fires of suffering He faced He is the second Adam who came to Adam’s dust He came to rescue every one who would in Him trust My spirit lay in darkness in a tomb of fantasy Dead to the truth, dead to the light, dead to eternity He is the resurrection, He is creation’s  source And now he bleeds for sin-sick souls that repent in remorse Now there’s holy jubilation in God’s presence There is holy jubilation in my heart To every contrite sinner who comes and who repents The chainbreaker will give a brand new start Out of the tomb He called me, out of the tomb I rose Born as a new creation arrayed in righteous clothes And so among death’s darkness the living have no place Called from the tomb we now cast off the chains broken by grace Now there’s holy jubilation in God’s presence There is holy jubilation in my heart To every contrite sinner  who comes and who repents The chainbreaker will give a bran...

Oh my maker by your love I have become your child My inheritance is in heaven above  because we are reconciled So may I honor You my Father by the honorable life I live In you , through you and to you, Abba honor to you I give The LORD is merciful and gracious,  slow to anger, and His mercy runs deep  He will not always chide His child: And his anger He will not Keep. He has not dealt with us after our sins;  nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.  For as great as the heaven is high o’er the earth,  To those  that fear him is his great mercy  Oh Father, Father in heaven, I will hallow your great Name I want to show Your image in me-to your glory and your fame Father almighty- who provides, and protects, and begets On you my Abba Father, my mind is stayed and set. As far as the east is from the west,  so far has he removed our sins  Like as a father pities his children,  so the LORD pities them that fear Him For he knows our ve...

Pardon and power Flows to us hour by hour Forgiveness and mercy Grace to enable victory. Pardon and power A release and a strong tower No castle for a prisoner’s keep But strength for the weary and weak The grace of God is with me To work the work of faith I’ll see the day As I obey Perfected by the gift of Grace Pardon and Power Like an everlasting flower Enabling obedience Grace for the sinner who repents Pardon and Power Like a long refreshing shower This strength  our God has supplied That He might be glorified The grace of God is with me To work the work of faith I’ll see the day As I obey Perfected by the gift of Grace 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Peter 4:11;  2 Thessalonians 1:11–12; Ephesians 2:8 Anthony Foster  June  20, 2021

I tremble, tremble, tremble That You call me to resemble Your One Beloved Son At this thought I am undone. I feel precarious in this place I am daunted by your grace Your Word is like a two edged sword As it cuts I am restored. Lord I tremble at your Word, Tremble, Tremble. My soul is sifted and is stirred-And I tremble. A broken spirit A contrite heart You’ll not despise, You’ll not depart Lord I tremble at your Word, Tremble, Tremble. I’ve undone by what I’ve heard-And I tremble. Help me now to walk upright Oh to become Your delight Holy Lord how far I feel I am far from your ideal My failings make me humble I’m so sure I will stumble So help my trembling heart Strength and courage to impart Lord I tremble at your Word, Tremble, Tremble. My soul is sifted and is stirred-And I tremble. A broken spirit A contrite heart You’ll not despise, You’ll not depart Lord I tremble at your Word, Tremble, Tremble. I’ve undone by what I’ve heard-And I tremble. Psalm 51:17 Isaiah 66:2 Anthony Foster...

Come, broken sinner, bow your self down Kneel with your need  right where you are bound You who are thirsty, come drink your fill Come find your purpose in the flow of God’s will This is the glory and this is the song Sing of the light that saw creation’s dawn Come to the fountain, and fall on your face Immerse yourself in the river of grace. Oh the fountain of mercy flows fast and free The source of the fountain is from eternity Your works are futile in heaven’s sight But abominations are changed in its light So all those in darkness, all those who thirst Fill all your vessels until they burst Flood all your dreams and quench all your pride Drink of it deeply  till your heart’s satisfied Come broken sinner, get down on your knees This is the posture with which God is pleased This is His glory that you come to this place To be born of water and the Spirit of Grace So bring all your sin and bring all your thirst All you have to offer is to see it immersed Drink of the fountain,...

Well it blows my mind but it soothes my soul He will be my stay when I go out of control He was there in the beginning, He’ll be there in the end I can say “ Almighty God is my faithful friend Almighty God is my faithful friend The omnipotent and Holy One I will lean on Him till the day is done On His grace and mercy  I can depend And say “Almighty God is my faithful friend Almighty God is my faithful friend Once I hated God and I had no part But he still pursued me and broke my heart Now when others forsake me He is my godsend Because Almighty God is my faithful friend Almighty God is my faithful friend Once my friend was my enemy I was so lost in my fantasy When His love broke through I could not pretend Yeah, Almighty God is my faithful friend Almighty God is my faithful friend So if God is for me who against me stands? I am held fast forever within His hands He’ll be my companion till the bitter end Yeah, Almighty God is my faithful friend Almighty God is my faithful friend The...

Spirit of Grace make us Holy Make us to trust in Christ solely Our hearts sanctify Our flesh purify We stand at the throne of grace boldly Spirit of Grace  now reform us To the likeness of the Son conform us Work in us faith  through the Gospel of grace With Christ’s righteousness now transform us Oh Holy Spirit of Grace Convict us with your kind embrace Lead us to repent Our sins to lament Cleanse us and our guilt erase Spirit of Grace  our salvation Our God of all consolation Your power will suffice  To point us to Christ Our hope is His revelation! Oh Holy Spirit of Grace Empower us with your embrace Renew our minds Our souls refine Till we see Christ face to face Hebrews 10:29 June 7, 2021 Anthony Foster  

  O most gracious God and loving Father, Who knows when I lay down and when I rise I beseech you Lord as you behold my heart   To look upon me now with mercy’s eyes. So, Lord I pray, sanctify  unto me   The peace that passes understanding’s bounds That I may have the grace to walk before thee, To do Your work wherever it is found Oh look upon me with eyes of mercy,  This wretched sinner make into a saint You are near to all who call upon Thee Strengthen me lest my faith shall faint. Hasten, Father, the coming of your namesake   Make me mindful of my final end,  And of the reckoning that I am then to make Of how on grace alone  I did depend And in the meanwhile help me to be careful   to follow Christ  and walk within His light So in the regeneration I’ll be prayerful To walk be faith alone and not by sight   Oh look upon me with eyes of mercy,  This wretched sinner make into a saint You are near to all who call upon Thee Streng...