For the Lord I Waited Patiently

For the Lord I waited patiently

He heard my cry and turned to me

And from the pit of my desire

He lifted me from all life’s mire

And on the Rock He set my feet

He made me stand firm and complete

And in my mouth put a new song

A hymn of praise to God alone

Let all who seek you

Rejoice and be glad in You

Let all who love your salvation

Rejoice and be glad in You

Let all His people be satisfied

The Lord of All be magnified!

Many will see and hear

Many will trust and fear

Many will see and fear 

And put their trust in the Lord!

Many will see and hear

Many will trust and fear

Many will see and fear 

And put their trust in the Lord!

Let all who seek you

Rejoice and be glad in You

Let all who love your salvation

Rejoice and be glad in You

Let all His people be satisfied

The Lord of All be magnified!

Anthony Foster 

January 2002

God Will Provide

 

God will provide, God will provide,

He’ll intercede and be our guide

He’ll meet our needs and take our side

God will provide, God will provide!

God will provide, God will provide,

All we require will be supplied

In Him all our desires are satisfied

God will provide, God will provide!

Sufficiently, so full and free

Jehovah Jireh we shall see

And the deep longing of our soul

Shall be fulfilled when we’re made whole

He declares that  He delights to meet our needs

God will provide, God will provide,

So there is no room to stand in pride

For every good and perfect gift in Him abides

God will provide, God will provide!

God will provide, God will provide!

Anthony Foster

Genesis 22:8

January 2002; Found October 2022

From Age to Age

(a lost song just rediscovered)

As the Father has compassion on His children

So the Lord’s compassion falls on those who fear Him

For He knows how we are formed

That from the  dust we’re born

And He promises His own He will draw near them

And from everlasting to everlasting we are blessed

The Lord’s love is with those who fear His name

With their children’s children dwells His righteousness

For His promise is from age to age the same.

For His promise is from age to age the same.

Bridge

Within Your temple, oh God, we meditate,

We ponder on Your unfailing Love

Within these hearts in Your abode we wait

And ponder on your unfailing love.

Like Your Name, oh Lord,

Your praise reaches to the ends

Of the Earth so that you might be blessed

Like Your name oh Lord,

Your right hand is filled with wonder

And the glories of your righteousness!

And from everlasting to everlasting we are blessed

The Lord’s love is with those who fear His name

With their children’s children dwells His righteousness

For His promise is from age to age the same.

For His promise is from age to age the same.

Like Your Name, oh Lord,

Your praise reaches to the ends

Of the Earth so that you might be blessed

Like Your name oh Lord,

Your right hand is filled with wonder

And the glories of your righteousness!

And from everlasting to everlasting we are blessed

The Lord’s love is with those who fear His name

With their children’s children dwells His righteousness

For His promise is from age to age the same.

For His promise is from age to age the same.

January 30, 2002; Found November 26, 2022

Anthony Foster

Rock of Grace

Jesus is the sure foundation

He is called the Cornerstone

Though this rock was once rejected

We now trust in Him alone

Once stricken, now forgiveness

From this mount of mercy streams 

Oh the mighty Rock of Grace

You are the rock that redeems

Jesus is the Rock of Grace

On this solid rock we stand

As we sojourn in this place

We will not build upon sand

There is a cleft in this Rock

Sanctuary from the deluge  

Come shelter in His shadow

Where the sinner finds refuge

Jesus is the Rock of Grace

On this solid rock we stand

As we sojourn in this place

We will not build upon sand

Anthony Foster

October 5, 2022

 

Hymn of Hope

Hallelujah, Christ is risen

So we all with Him shall rise

All who trust in His salvation

Every sinner who relies

On His once for all atonement 

On His perfect providence

We who cast ourselves on mercy

Shall then stand with confidence

So we shall sing hallelujahs

Hallelujahs to our King

Praise to the Lord eternal

Hallelujahs we now sing!

Our hope is in the Risen Lamb

The Lamb slain for our Sin

Who came to seek and save us

Every hope on Him depends

Those who seek hope and assurance

Find refuge in His embrace

Our redemption and deliverance

Rest upon the Rock of Grace

So we shall sing hallelujahs

Hallelujahs to our King

Praise to the Lord eternal

Hallelujahs we now sing!

Anthony Foster

October 4, 2022

Romans 8:30-39

If God is for us, who can be against us? 

If God is for us, who can be against us? 

He who did not spare his own Son 

But gave Him up for us all, as an offering

How will he not also with Him 

Graciously give us all things? 

Who shall separate us, separate us from the love of Christ? 

Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or shall famine? 

Shall nakedness, or shall danger, or shall the sword prevail?

No nothing can separate us from the love of God

Nothing shall separate us from the love of God

Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

If God is for us, who can be against us? 

If God is for us, who can be against us? 

Christ Jesus is the one who died

More than that, who was raised

Who is at the right hand of God, 

He is interceding for us today

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life-nor angels 

Nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come 

Nor height nor depth nor any other created thing

Shall be able to separate us from the love of God

Shall be able to separate us from the love of God

Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Last verse Integrity Music Scripture song

October 1, 2022

Anthony Foster

Glad in the Glories of God

Lord glorify yourself in us by revealing yourself to our minds
That we may know and understand You as we seek and find
Lord glorify yourself in us by speaking to our hearts
We will rejoice and be glad  in the delight your Word imparts

We are glad in the glories of God

Glad in the glories of God

We will lift our voices 

As our heart rejoices

Glad in the glories of God

Not just by seeing your glory though that would make us blessed

We discern your Spirit in our souls as Your presence you manifest

Be glorified by our  rejoicing as on your holy face we gaze

The glories you reveal to us  astound us and we are amazed

We are glad in the glories of God

Glad in the glories of God

We will lift our voices 

As our heart rejoices

Glad in the glories of God

September 30, 2022

Anthony Foster

How Long?

How long till the orphan’s cry will no longer be heard?

How long till the widow’s grief will finally be deferred?

How long till God’s justice  like a mighty river  rolls?

How long until righteousness like an endless stream shall flow?

How long oh Lord?

How long oh Lord?

When shall our deliverance come from the presence of sin?

How long till we enter into a peace that never shall end?

How long till there’ll be no suffering and tears are wiped away?

How long till we leave this world and see that glorious day?

How long oh Lord?

How long oh Lord?

How long till we do justly and love mercy?

How long till our haughty hearts walk humbly?

How long till the devil with his demons are cast down?

How long till your kingdom comes and we all cast our crowns?

How long till that glorious day arrives for which we have waited?

When your great redemption will  be fully  consummated 

How long oh Lord?

How long oh Lord?

How long oh Lord?

How long oh Lord?

August 14, 2022

Psalm 13; Ps 94:3; Habakkuk 1:2; Micah 6:8

Anthony Foster

Thorn in the Flesh

 

I’ve a thorn in the flesh

Troubles come, ever fresh

For my strength never passes the test

This troublesome thorn

From the day I was born

Keeps me down on my face where I’m blessed

The thorn in this case

Is an entry to grace

A gift that presents now as pain

For here in my need

My Lord intercedes

And His presence and power attains

What this life requires I could never afford

For my resources fail constantly 

My limitations do not limit my Lord

Nor the mystery He works in me

The foolishness I nurse

Is disguising a curse

Leaves me undone and my sin confessing

But He forgives my sins

And my heart He will cleanse

For the thorns become  platforms for blessing

So the thorn is a grace

That drives me to embrace

The one who is my righteousness

For in suffering’s revealed 

The wounds that will heal

In my weakness I’ll boast that I’m blessed

What this life requires i could never afford

For my resources fail constantly 

My limitations do not limit my Lord

Nor the mysteries He works in me

By these mercies my heart is refreshed

These Blessed thorns in the flesh...

These Blessed thorns in the flesh...

2 Cor  11:30, 12:9

Anthony Foster

August 1, 2022

Romans 6

 

Anthony sez, Romans 6 is probably the text in the Bible I return to more often than any other point in Scripture. Every verse is life changing. Maybe you are like me: I constantly have to be reminded of what I already know. I have the following written in the flyleaf of my Bible, all point starting with an "R" to help me remember: By the power of the Holy Spirit, we have to Reckon Reality Rightly, then we have two choices: Reject the Truth or Receive the Truth: If the latter we will be moved to Repent, then Reject Sin's Reign, and Render oneself as a Righteous instrument to GOD. Then we step into the Reconciliation and Restoration found in God's Reality. Then Remember and Recount this truth as we live coram Deo- before the face of God. I am reminded of the words of an old Keith Green song: "I was lost in a fantasy that blinded me- until your love broke through." Remember: God gets to define reality, not man.... Here is a verse that turned in to song that I wrote in 2003-

Holy Sacrifice

Reckon the realities

Of all of our God’s mercies

Then reject the reign of sin

And the lies that draw you in

Render to the Lord instead

Body, soul, and heart and head

As instruments of righteousness

Presented to Him as you confess

Offer a living sacrifice

Pleasing now to God in Christ

This is worship that makes sense

A spiritual act as evidence

Not to the world to be conformed

Renew your mind and be transformed.

Then you will yourself be the proof

Of His mercies and His Truth

Good and pleasing, perfect too

Is the plan He has for you.

Romans 6:11-13, 12:1-2

Anthony Foster January 25, 2003

From Dust to Glory

The best days are ahead beyond when we’ve died

Death is not the end of the story

We’ll be suddenly  completely satisfied

When we are changed from dust to glory

 For then in Christ’s likeness we one day awake

And arise to His image conformed

Our glorification complete for Christ’s sake

For His glory we shall be transformed

This prison of clay will be remade anew

We’ll be fitted for eternity

Our hope is fulfilled for His promise is true

And His face with new eyes we will see

Then our deepest desires shall be satisfied 

And with joy we shall be made complete

For to our Sin we will have totally died

In His presence in awe  at His feet

To know as we are known

To bless as we are blessed

And we shall be like Him

This is our trust and test

To love as we are loved

In Him we shall then rest

And we shall be like Him

And we shall be like Him

To stand in your majestic beauty arrayed

With your glorious light then adorned

This then is the promise for which we have prayed

And your children of dust are transformed

To know as we are known

To bless as we are blessed

And we shall be like Him

This is our trust and test

To love as we are loved

In Him we shall then rest

And we shall be like Him

And we shall be like Him

July 25, 2022

Anthony Foster

In Your Presence, at Your Feet

Your great name we now confess

As we stand in awe of holiness

Set  apart in Your righteousness

And our joy shall be complete 

In Your presence, at Your feet

As we approach the throne of grace

As we seek to see you face to face

Devastate us in this place

For sin’s ruin shall be complete

In Your presence, at Your feet.

At the throne we understand

Pardon proclaimed by Your command

So now we may boldly stand

There before the mercy seat

In Your presence at Your feet.

What was shadow now is light

What was wrong  is now made right

What was faith now becomes sight

For hope has become obsolete

In Your presence at Your feet.

(Key change)

All our longings and desire

Are consumed in Your holy fire

Lifting us up higher and higher

Our broken image now complete

In Your presence at Your feet.

There where justice and mercy meet

In Your presence at Your feet

Hebrews 9:3-5, 1 Cor 13:12, Isaiah 6:4-5; Hebrews 4:16 

July 26,2022

Anthony Foster

 

Your Great Grace

My Jesus, my Lord and my Savior

Lord Jesus You are gracious and True

All of my days I want to bring praise

And give you the worship  you are due

I worship you Lord for you’re worthy

Your majesty I can’t comprehend 

The infinite wonders of your love

Your mercy and love shall never end

For your great grace empowers faith

Your great grace empowers hope

Your great grace empowers love

Eternity lies in its scope

In your presence there is fullness of joy; 

Your presence is what I  am called to live for

Your presence is ours to enjoy

At your right hand are pleasures forevermore 

Forever here in your embrace

I will trust in Your Great Grace

You are my sure shelter and refuge

My tower of power when I’m weak

The wonders of Your grace astound me 

With all that’s in me your face I seek

And your great grace empowers faith

Your great grace empowers hope

Your great grace empowers love

Eternity lies in its scope

In your presence there is fullness of joy; 

Your presence is what I  am called to live for

Your presence is ours to enjoy

At your right hand are pleasures forevermore 

Forever here in your embrace

I will trust in Your Great Grace

Psalm 16:11 

July 23, 2022

Anthony Foster

Dirt for Diamonds

I will give up hay and stubble

And the  things of this poor earth

And no matter what the trouble

I’ll live for what has True worth

Everything not done in faith is sin

It’s dung and it is dross

The fantasies of dead men

Will only suffer loss.

I will give up dirt for diamonds

Time for eternity

I will give up passing pleasures 

For the treasures meant for me

I will seek the  pearl of great price 

I will fain all vain pursuits

I’ll become a living sacrifice

And bear God’s righteous fruits

Bridge

The grass withers and flowers fade 

If mountains crumble I won’t be swayed

God’s love is a never ending story

He will make me a vessel for  glory! 

I will give up dirt for diamonds

Time for eternity

I will give up passing pleasures 

For the treasures meant for me

Anthony Foster

July 14, 2022

One Voice

 

So many voices in our heads

So many voices, so many voices

I’ve often listened to what they’ve said

And made some fatal choices

Voices competing to be heard

They will shout your senses down

Chaos confounds the more sure word

Until by the voices we are bound

There is one voice that is true

He is the voice to listen to

He will take you through

He will take you through

Voices are shouting everywhere

They will lead me astray

Telling me lies I want to hear

Taking my peace away

Voices  that argue with my soul

Tempting me with their lies

Compelling with a lesser goal

To turn my heart from what is wise

There is one voice that is true

He is the voice to listen to

He will take you through

He will take you through

Bridge: All we like sheep have gone astray

Many wild ways we have roamed

We have gone every one to his own way

But there is a voice that will lead us home

There is one voice that is true

He is the voice to listen to

He will take you through

He will take you through

He will take you through

He will take you through

John 10:27-30

July 7, 2022

Anthony Foster

Take Refuge From the Road

The road is rough and steep

It's narrow and it's deep

We wonder and we weep

On this peculiar pilgrim way

There is shelter from the storm

Where to  Christ we’ll be conformed

And our life He will transform

When we fall on our knees and pray

Chorus

So lay down your heavy load

All those bad seed that you  sowed

Take the  grace He has bestowed

Come take refuge from the road

On the devil’s detours we limp along

Where each turn we take is wrong

The winds we face are strong

And we need a place to rest

There’s a change must come within

Thus has it ever been

As we leave behind our sin

At His table we are blessed

Bridge

We’ll journey on-till our day is done

Traveling through a wearisome land

We’ll take shelter in the Son

We will rest within God’s hand.

Chorus

So lay down your heavy load

The trouble you’ve borrowed

Take the grace He has bestowed

Come take refuge from the road

Come take refuge from the road

Come take refuge from the road

July 6, 2022

Anthony Foster