Tremble at Your Word

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

June 17, 2021

Come, Broken Sinner

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, now come taste and see

You can be forgiven, be cleansed and set free.

Luke 16:14–15

Psalm 147:11

Anthony Foster

June 16, 2021 

Faithful Friend

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 creator and maker of this earth

The whole universe still declares His worth

I’m amazed such a love would condescend

Yet Almighty God is my faithful friend

Almighty God is my faithful friend

He reached down to me from heaven above

My God died for me with the greatest love

Why he laid down His life I can’t comprehend

Still, Almighty God is my faithful friend

Almighty God is my faithful friend

Well it blows my mind but it soothes my soul

He will be my stay when I get 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

Almighty God is my faithful friend

Almighty God is my faithful friend

Anthony Foster

June 8, 2021

Spirit of Grace

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

 

Look Upon Me With Eyes of Mercy

 

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

Strengthen me lest my faith shall faint.

Oh that with Christ, that I may have a portion  
In the resurrection of the just, 

When this mortal life is ended  
To meet the mercy in which I place my trust

All that’s required and necessary for me,  
I humbly beg and crave now from thy hand
These graces, and all other blessings,  
now by your mercy I can rise and stand .

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.

Anthony Foster

based on a Puritan prayer by Lewis Bayly

June 6, 2021

Lamentation Tonight

I cry out to you within my soul

For life is taking its terrible toll
I am burdened and in pain

My loss surely doesn’t seem like gain

How it came to this I do not know

I am overtaken by this blow

Trouble overwhelms my heart

And the deadly dangers won’t depart

Father I need your deliverance

From my helpless, hapless, hopeless stance

I need the way for you to show

Me in my mourning how to dance

Help me Lord I need You so

Oh this lamentation and this grief

From the searing pain  I need relief

Heal my broken, battered mind

Make obvious what I need to find.

Help me see beyond the tempter’s lies

Help me see hope through tear stained eyes

Help me in my unbelief

Give your gift of grace here in my grief

Father I need your deliverance

From my helpless, hapless, hopeless stance

Me in my mourning how to dance

I need the way for you to show

Help me Lord I need You so

Bridge

My heart and flesh cry out

Wavering in the depths of doubt

My God You are my only need

Pour out your presence now I plead

Father I need your deliverance

From my helpless, hapless, hopeless stance

I need the way for you to show

Me in my mourning how to dance

Help me Lord I need You so

Help me Lord I need You so

Help me Lord I need You so

May 31, 2021

Anthony Foster

 

The Beautiful and Terrible (Fear NOT)

 

The expected and the unexpected give cause to rejoice

They raise a Hallelujah as they lift  our voice

A pure raw jubilation arises in the heart

And gratitude and adoration play in counterpart

There are just as many, even more lamenting loss

Pain that wrenches in the gut over the countless cost

And for all of the questions, answers will not attain

As screams are heard in heaven there is One who feels the pain

Chorus

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, 

For I am your God; so take your stand

I will strengthen you, and help you, do not be afraid

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The beautiful and terrible are both part of the plan.

This side of the Fall emotions play in paradox

Powerful and plaintive till we end up in a box

Some in celebration, Some in deep despair

The beautiful and terrible dance in polar prayer

For some a sorrow mixed with joy is their reality

Divergent feelings come to play in heady harmony

Both pathos and poignancy  a paradox  complete

As pure emotions juxtapose before the mercy seat

Bridge

Rejoice with those who rejoice and  weep with those who weep

To do them both as unto God  may be faith’s greatest leap

For only wind beneath our wings can help us thus to fly

The breath of GOD shall carry us to places left untried.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, 

For I am your God; so take your stand

I will strengthen you, and help you, do not be afraid

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The beautiful and terrible are both part of the plan.

James 4:9

Deuteronomy 32:39

Isaiah 41:10

Isaiah 45:7

Anthony Foster

May 28, 2021