How Long?

“How long, O God, will You neglect My prayer?

Will You forget these dark cries of despair?

There is One who has gone before

Your only Son who is my Lord.

Hear my lament lest I fail

My faith is wav’ring- help me prevail

Yet not My will, but Yours be done

Help me arise to seek your Son

How long, how long?

I long for a reason-For new hope I long

How long, how long?

End this desperate season-And bring me a song

My God, My God, have You forsaken Me?

Why have You now refused My final plea?

Though I cry out in sorrow, and fear,

You have not moved, your Word is clear

Help me Lord to apprehend

The purpose of this trial I’m in

Help me overcome the pain I feel

And to my soul your truth reveal.

How long, how long?

I long for a reason-For new hope I long

How long, how long?

End this desperate season-And bring me a song

April 1, 2026

Anthony Foster

Exalted

We will exalt your name

In all the Earth

We will declare your fame

And declare your worth

The nations shall prove

The glories of your righteousness 

Then hearts shall be  moved

Your wondrous love to confess

And the earth shall be filled

With the knowledge of the glory

Of the Lord of the lord

Just as you have willed

All the world will hear the story

And it shall not be ignored

Be exalted exalted above all

Be exalted as on our knees we fall

For far above us are your ways

We come now to give you praise

Oh lord upon your name we call

Habakkuk 2:14

Psalm 55:7,11

March 31, 2026

Anthony Foster

A New Heart

The right heart is broken and contrite

The new heart has new likes and dislikes

New joys and new desires

New fear and new fires

The new heart is now fighting a new fight.

The new heart sees sin and pride anew

It has new sorrows and new hopes in view

Its tastes and prayers are changed

Its passions are rearranged

It turns to Christ in all it seeks to do...

A new start with a new heart

A heart  Christ makes holy and sets apart

No more a heart of stone- made flesh in Christ alone

Living water flows from its innermost part

Praise the Lord- He has given a new heart!

A new heart is humble and is lowly

A new heart‘s great desire's to be more holy

To self-righteousness and pride

And to Sin it has died

A new heart looks to Jesus only

Christ is the compass needle where it turns

For peace and mercy in Jesus it yearns

On Christ alone, it feeds

For He meets all it needs

Christ is the fire with which the new heart burns

A new start with a new heart

A heart that Christ makes holy and set apart

No more a heart of stone- made flesh in Christ alone

Living water flows from its innermost part

Praise the Lord-He has given a new heart! 

Praise the Lord-He has given a new heart!

Ezekiel 36:26; 2 Corinthians 5:17

Psalm 51:17; 2 Kings 22:19

Romans 10:10; Ephesians 3:17

Hebrews 10:22; John 7:38

after J. C. Ryle

March 31, 2026

Anthony Foster

Going Going Gone

Going, going, going, gone

The night gives way to a new dawn

So set your thoughts on where you’re going

Contemplate to see your sowing

Going, going, going gone

Reject the life as this world’s pawn

See that direction that you’re going

Don’t be going without knowing

Theres only one heaven’s stairway

There’s endless night or endless day

There is a heaven and a hell

Which way you go this life will tell

There’s a destination for those who roam

A place prepared- the eternal home

We’re nearly there. It won’t be long.

We’re all going going going gone

We all have an expiration date

Get it right before it’s too late

But on this truth you can depend

That once you’re gone, that’s not the end

Going going going gone

And then life goes on and on 

Do you know where you’re gonna be?

As you leave for eternity?

March 30, 2026

Anthony Foster

Thought Word and Deed

I have sinned in thought word, and deed

I confess my desperate need

I come with a heart wracked with doubt

But Jesus will not cast me out

You know my every thought word and deed

You know the chaff on which I feed

Yet your favor on me rests

Though I am one unholy mess

Chorus

My thoughts words and deeds

You know the place they dwell

You are my priest who intercedes

You saved and now it is well

My thoughts betray a depraved mind

My words testify to a heart that’s blind

My deeds that I do are so self -styled

And they cannot be reconciled

Jesus change this heart of stone

Remove the bad seeds I have sown

Then living waters from my heart will flow

Transform my soul as I get low

That which is done in secret will come to light

The empty deceits, the wrongs I call right

You know the recesses of my soul

Break my hard heart and make me whole

My thoughts words and deeds

You know the place they dwell

You are my priest who intercedes

You saved and now it is well

You saved and now it is well

March 29, 2026

Anthony Foster 

Gentle and Lowly, Hallowed and Holy

 

You are gentle and lowly of heart

You’re the one who will set us apart

Neath your wings we will hide

Draw us close to your side

And the fruit of righteousness impart

You are gentle and lowly we know

For you yourself have told us so

You identify thus

So this truth we can trust

You give peace as through this world we go

Oh gentle and lowly

Hallowed and holy

You are power that’s under control

We will find if we seek

You give power to the weak

Grace all sufficient makes us whole

You are gentle and lowly we trust

You are justifier and are just

For your heart  full of grace

Draws us to your embrace

So to come to you Jesus we must.

Oh gentle and lowly

Hallowed and holy

You are power that’s under control

You said to those who are meek

You give power to the weak

Grace all sufficient makes us whole

Grace all sufficient makes us whole

March 28, 2026

Anthony Foster