The Great Exchange

His righteousness replaces my all my Sin

He exchanged His Glory for my guilt

His joy has displaced my mourning with rejoicing

What my turmoil has destroyed he has rebuilt

Goodness and mercy are becoming my new trait

His kindness overcomes my enmity

A heart of Love is beating now where there once was hate

And His Patience has replaced anxiety.

And by his wounds our wounds are healed

By his wounds our wounds are healed

He became my substitute, God’s perfect spotless lamb

His sacrifice has taken all our sins

The obedient sin-bearer bears the sin of ev’ry man

When he laid down his life true life begins

He was forsaken I was forgiven

Faithfulness is now exchanged for infidelity

Self-control resides now where my chaos reigned before

And God’s riches have repealed my poverty

And though Death was due me I was given life anew

Christ atoned for sins when His blood was spilt

A reconciliation realized by what he was born to do

And His sacrifice has overcome my guilt.

And by his wounds our wounds are healed

In this great exchange true mystery is revealed

He became my substitute, God’s perfect spotless lamb

His sacrifice atones for all our sins

The obedient sin-bearer bears the sin of ev’ry man

When he laid down his life true life begins.

Anthony Foster

July 20, 2018

Lord Adonai

The majesties of Adonai

The name above all names

Beyond all beauties he reigns

From age to age the same

The glories of our Adonai

Lift us to heights above

He shelters us with holy wings

and showers us with love

The wondrous name above all other names we praise

We bow or knees and with or hearts and tongues proclaim

The excellence and marvels of the Ancient of Days

The Alpha and Omega, Adonai is His name.

He is the King and Kurios

The Warrior who rules

We stand within His unseen light

Though the world may call us fools

Standing on a Rock we cannot see

But with faith’s eyes we behold

The radiance and the power

Of the Anchor of our souls

Lord Adonai we lift your name

Lord Adonai the earth trembles at the sound of your word

The rocks and hills cry out if we were silent
But we shall not be silent
We shall not be silent

They shall have to overpower our praises to be heard.

Anthony Foster

July 19, 2018

The Name

In Jesus we behold

The Father's glorious face,

Our Savior who shall keep His own

With mild and lovely grace

The eternal God's eternal Son

Inherits and partakes the throne.

The sovereign King of kings,

The Lord of lords most high,

Writes his own name upon

His garment and his thigh:

His name is called The Word of God;

He rules the earth with His iron rod.

Behold the holy Lamb of God

Who stricken down now stands

He seals or opens every seal

With His own nail-scarred hands

And now the lion of Judah

Roars with a Holy Rage

At sin and degradation

And fully pays Sin’s wage.

But when for works of righteous peace

The great Redeemer comes,

What lovingkindness is released

The Great I AM becomes

Light of the world, and Life of men;

He shall not bear those names in vain.

Immense compassion reigns

In our Immanuel's heart,

He pleads our case and takes our pain

A Mediator's part:

He is a Friend and Brother too;

Divinely kind, divinely true.

At length the Lord the Righteous Judge

His awful throne ascends,

The Christ shall drive the rebels far

From favorites and friends:

Then shall the saints completely prove

The heights and depths of all his love.

God the Father raised him up

to highest honor and greatest fame

and gave to him the name

above all other names,

that at the name of Jesus

every knee should bow,

and every tongue confess

that Christ is Lord here and now

To the glory of God the Father.

To the Glory of God the Son

To the glory of God the Spirit

These are the Three in One.

Anthony Foster

After Isaac Watts

July 18, 2018

Joy Comes

Come, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known;

Join in a song with sweet accord,

And thus surround the throne.

The worries of the mind

Will never satisfy

Salvation never was designed

God’s pleasure to deny

Let those refuse to sing

That never knew our God;

But favorites of the heav'nly King

May speak their joys abroad.

The God that rules on high,

And thunders when he please,

That rides upon the stormy sky,

And manages the seas;

This awesome God is ours,

Our Father and our Love;

He shall send down his heav'nly powers

To carry us above.

There we shall see his face,

And never, never sin;

There, from the rivers of his grace,

Drink endless pleasures in.

Yes, and before we are changed

To that immortal state,

The future bliss that God arranged

Should constant joys create.

The men of grace have found

God’s Glory here below;

His presence is our holy ground

If faith and hope we know

Then let our songs be raised

And set our minds on high

We're blessed here, to Immanuel's praise

Till to fairer worlds we fly.

After Isaac Watts

Anthony Foster

July 14, 2018

Face to Face

Face to face with Christ my Savior,

Face to face—mine eyes shall see

When with rapture I behold Him,

Jesus Christ who died for me.

Face to face I shall behold Him,

With greater vision I will see

Face to face in all His glory,

To gaze on his grace eternally.

If I seek Him I will know Him

Even on this earthly plain

For the Spirit clearly shows Him

And the glory of His name

Seek His face with open eyes now

In His presence we’re undone

Face to face in His shekina

Face to face with God’s own Son.

Only faintly now I see Him

With the darkened veil between,

But a blessed day is coming

When His glory shall be seen.

What rejoicing in His presence,

When are banished grief and pain;

When the crooked ways are straightened

And the dark things shall be plain.

Face to face--oh, blissful moment!

Face to face--to see and know;

Face to face with my Redeemer,

Jesus Christ who loves me so.

Anthony Foster

After the Hymn by Carrie Ellis Breck

July 14, 2018

No Eye Has Seen

We come to worship at Immanuel's feet,

To seek his face and wonders meet!

Earth is too narrow to express

His glory, worth, or blessedness.

The whole creation can afford

But some faint shadows of my Lord;

Nature, to make his beauties known,

Must mingle colors not her own.

For no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

All the gifts God has prepared

Nor imagined in the heart of man

Gods grace to those who love him

O let me climb those higher skies,

Where storms and darkness never rise!

There he displays his power abroad,

And shines and reigns th' incarnate God.]

Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars,

Nor heav'n, his full resemblance bears;

His beauties we can never trace,

Till we behold him face to face.

Bridge:

Our hearts will fully be revealed

As we cling to him in whom we’re sealed

In his presence at his throne

When we shall know as we are known

Our devastated hearts are healed.

The saints below and saints above

Joined by his Spirit and his love.

Worship empowered by his grace

Eye to eye and face to face.

For no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

All the gifts God has prepared

Nor imagined in the heart of man

Gods grace to those who love him

Anthony Foster

After Isaac Watts

July 15, 2018

Jesus Is

Jesus is our wine and bread

Lord, our souls would thus be fed

Your broken body and blood divine

Is bread of life, is heav'nly wine.

From the tree of life the world receives

Salvation from his healing leaves;

That righteous branch, it’s wondrous fruit

Both spring and grow from David's root.

The precious Rose of Sharon yields

Such fragrancy in all her fields:

As the lily of the valley blooms

All men shall bless the rich perfume.

Jesus is the living vine

Supplier of the cup of wine

He drank the dregs of heaven’s wrath

Opened the gates to heaven’s path.

Jesus is the cornerstone

The only sure foundation known

The solid rock on which we stand

All other ground is shifting sand.

The fountain that forever brims

To heal the plague of death and sin

These waters will renew my soul

And cleanse my heart and make me whole

Christ is the true refiner’s fire

That purifies all our desire

He'll purge my dross he’ll purge

nd remove every sinful urge

He is the door, the only way

To enter in and thus to stay

The gate of heaven opened wide

For all who want to come inside

He is the temple God has raised

Indwelling majesty we praise

And still to this most holy place,

Whene'er I pray, I turn my face.

He is the star that breaks the night

Piercing the shadows with His light;

I know his glories from afar,

I know the bright, the morning star.

He is the sun of righteousness

His course is joy, His beams are grace,

Nations rejoice when he appears

His wondrous wings shall heal their tears.

Anthony Foster
After Isaac Watts
July 15, 2018