We Have Seen the Glory

We have seen the glory 

Of God’s one and only Son

For Jesus is the true light 

Who gives light to every one

Every one who will receive him 

Then shall call upon His name

It is only through our Jesus 

That  Grace and God's truth came

What has light to do with darkness?

The rising son dispels the night

Christ has called us out of darkness

Now into His marvelous light

For the glory ever beckons

To embrace the good and true. 

Dead to sin this we must reckon

And begin to live anew

Chorus 

Now from glory unto glory

We are all to be transformed 

By the power of the Spirit

As we gaze upon the Lord

We behold with an unveiled face

His Shekina pure and bright

As we stand by sovereign grace

And we walk within His light

In Him was life and that life 

Is the light of men

The light shines in the darkness 

And it cannot comprehend 

He shines his light and as He shines 

He sheds his love abroad

So each soul He calls from darkness 

Shall become a child of God.

Chorus 

Now from glory unto glory

We are all to be transformed 

By the power of the spirit

As we gaze upon the Lord

We behold with unveiled face

His Shekina pure and bright

As we stand by sovereign grace

And we walk within His light

2 Cor 3:18; John 1; John 8:12; 

Eph 5:8; John 12:35-37; 1John 5:7

October 15, 2024

Anthony Foster

The Greater Wonder

You spoke the Word and all the universe came to be

You set the planets in their orbits, divided earth from sky

You placed the man and woman in the garden with a tree

And when they fell they found true compassion  in your eye

You made a way and sent your Son to save the corrupt and lost

The Logos of creation took on human flesh and bone

You placed your righteousness for display upon a cruel cross

And conquered death and raised Christ to your throne

Chorus

Who You are has made me what I am

All there is, is there because of You

Yet to know and understand you is your sweet command

And your precious presence  forever I’ll pursue

You showed us what your Love is and what we are to do.

You have revealed your very self, you are all that’s good and true

So amazed and astounded in Your glory where  I stand

Your mighty works are too wondrous to comprehend

But you are the greater wonder, You are  the Great I Am

You are Alpha and Omega, The beginning and the end

Chorus

Who You are has made me what I am

All there is, is there because of You

Yet to know and understand you is your sweet command

And your precious presence  forever I’ll pursue

You showed us what your love is and what we are to do.

You are the greater wonder, you are all that’s good and true

In Deuteronomy 32:10

Jeremiah 9:24-25

October 14, 2024

Anthony Foster

Hope of Glory

Before the world’s foundations 

You secured our destiny

To walk in light and be conformed 

Christ in us  the hope of glory 

From glory to glory we shall change

In the twinkling of an eye

Now step by step we are surely kept

By a Savior who can never die

Our faith is weak, in you we find

What you began you will complete

You win the battle of the mind

Our sin will surely see defeat

Through trial and test we are shaped

Into the image of the Son

God’s anvil forms and conforms us

Until the craftsman’s work is done 

Bridge

For His name’s sake and glory

Revealing His Godhood.

Amen and yea, God works it all

Together for our good

Let this be understood!

Until that day when glory when

His image in us restored

Then we shall surely be like him

Who is both Savior and Lord

Oh may that glory come soon, when

His image in us is  restored

Then we shall surely be like him

Who is both Savior and Lord

Colossians 1:29; Romans 8:28-29

October 1, 2024

Anthony Foster

There's No God Like Our God

There is no god like our God

God of wrath and righteousness 

God of reconciliation 

God of perfect holiness

Behold God is our salvation 

Worthy now to be adored

Our God is our strength and our song

And He has become our Lord
 

Compassionate and gracious 

He is good and He is just

Loving-kind and slow to anger

He is worthy of our trust.

Full of mercy and abounding

In faithfulness and love

He forgives our sin when we confess

For He reigns from Heaven above 

Our Creator and Redeemer

Our Sovereign and King

The righteous Judge and Ruler

Is the Lord o’er everything

He has set his favor on us

For his mercy ever flows

He sent his son to save us

Died for us but He arose!

There is no God like our God

God of Grace,  quick to forgive

Naught can ever separate us

For In Him we move and live

For eternal life He gives

We believe and so we live

We believe and so we live

We believe and so we live

Exodus 34: 6-8

October 1, 2024

Anthony Foster

This Rage of a Race (Lament for the Darkness)

Too many songs left unsung

Too many threats stilled my tongue

Where is that fire from when I was young?

Why do I keep clinging to this worldly dung?

Jesus my Savior who died in my place

You who still keeps on pleading my case

Now help me to kill my sin  by your grace

And to run this wretched rage of a race.

The darkness shall flee if we’re shining the light

If we’re spreading the flame that is bringing men sight

I want to burn brightly in my time and place

As I’m running this wretched rage of a race.

If I am the darkness Lord give me new sight

If I am taken captive, free me  for the fight

Give me power o’er  opposition I face

As I’m running this wretched rage of a race.

September 30, 2024

Anthony Foster

 

To Fight the Good Fight

Oh the depths of the darkness  I need to learn

The blackness of my Sin I need to discern

I would not be ignorant so teach me I pray

Convince and convict me of where I am astray

If my prodigal spirit’s whitewashed like a tomb

Lord, come sweep the leaven from every room

Prove to me where to what sin I am prone

Show me where I hold to my dead man’s bones

The invincible  shield of faith I would bear

Lord, Help me to do what is right

To take up the sword of my Lord I will dare

Lord help me to fight the good fight

That roaring lion came as an angel of light

Now I must confess he was an enticing sight

But He is a liar and he would destroy

Every hope and assurance that I can enjoy

You are my consolation, you will set me free

To be a sinkiller is my destiny.

So I will cast myself headlong on your grace

For I’m not alone on this rage of a race.

The invincible  shield of faith I would bear

Lord, Help me to do what is right

To take up the sword of my Lord I will dare

Lord help me to fight the good fight

September 30, 2024

Anthony Foster