The Everlasting Arms of Jesus

Oh I shall sing of the longsuffering

Patience and the kindness-That overcame my blindness

Oh I shall sing of the sheltering wings

The loving arms of grace-Their comforting embrace

Oh the everlasting arms of Jesus

Still hold me in the present as they have in the past

Oh the everlasting arms, the everlasting arms

His everlasting arms shall hold me fast

Oh I shall sing and I shall cling

To the loving arms around me- A fortress that surrounds me

For resting there within his care

His strong right arm shall hold me-His righteous arms enfold me

Oh the everlasting arms of Jesus

Still hold me in the present as they have in the past

Oh the everlasting arms, the everlasting arms

His everlasting arms shall hold me fast

Limbs that were outstretched on the cross for me

Arms that bear the wounds that set me free 

To be pinioned by his power, like a mighty tower

Before me and behind me Wrapped in the grace that binds me

Held in an embrace that transcends time and space

I am safe from harm in His everlasting arms

Oh the everlasting arms of Jesus

Still hold me in the future as they have in the past

Oh the everlasting arms, the everlasting arms

His everlasting arms shall hold me fast

Deuteronomy 33:27

February 28, 20026

Anthony Foster

Anchored on the Rock

Christ will steady your heart in the strange season. 

He’ll be your anchor when questions arise

When emotions take us beyond reason

Christ will guide your steps and make you wise

For your future’s not uncertain to Jesus

Though we can’t see the arrangements that he makes

From discouragement and anxiousness, he frees us

So stay rooted in prayer when your heart aches

In trust we are grounded

On the rock, we are founded

On the solid rock of Jesus, we will stand

Jesus is our cornerstone

He will save and he alone

Can lead us through this dry and weary land

We are anchored on the rock

We are anchored on the rock

We’re anchored on the solid rock of Christ

We are anchored on the rock

We are anchored on the rock.

We will stand firm for our anchor will suffice

Keep walking in faith for he will lead you

He is faithful to make us persevere

In your weakness, he will strengthen you and feed you

For the bread of life desires to draw you near.

In trust we are grounded

On the rock, we are founded

On the solid rock of Jesus, we will stand

Jesus is our cornerstone

He will save and he alone

Can lead us through this dry and weary land

We are anchored on the rock

We are anchored on the rock

We’re anchored on the solid rock of Christ

We are anchored on the rock

We are anchored on the rock.

We will stand firm for our anchor will suffice

February 26, 2026

Anthony Foster 

 

The Order of the Pierced Ear

Blessed are the ones

Who have no hope but Christ

The daughters and the sons

Who are a living sacrifice 

The downcast and depressed 

The needy and the meek

They Have Christ’s name confessed

They find the peace they seek

They only live to die

For one must die to live

On grace they must rely

It is their gain to give

Bridge

I pray we are the ones

The ones who’ve come to know

The door who is the Son

The Vine in whom we grow

And so we live and move

Now see our being found 

In him -we are approved 

To Jesus we are bound.

The humble ones shall thrive

When in him we depend

In Christ we are alive

He is our very end

The blessed and the bound

To the door are drawn near

In loyalty and love now found

In the order of the pierced ear

Deuteronomy 15:16-17

Galatians 2:20; John 10:7,9

Acts 17:28; Philippians 1:2

John 15:1, 4-5; Matthew 5:5

February 26,2026

Anthony Foster

Blessed and Bound

Blessed are the ones

Who have no hope but Christ

The daughters and the sons

Who are a living sacrifice 

They only live to die

For one must die to live

On grace they must rely

It is their gain to give

The downcast and depressed 

The needy and the meek

They Have Christ’s name confessed

They find the peace they seek

They only live to die

For one must die to live

On grace they must rely

It is their gain to give

Acts 17:28; Philippians 1:2

John 15:4-5; Matthew 5:5

February 26,2026

Anthony Foster

Union and Reunion

We gather to part ways and part ways to reunite,

In service to our King.

The chosen ones are set apart,

As living offerings.

Bought with a price we’re not our own,

We live as a living sacrifice.

This yields joys we’ve never known,

If we are found in Christ.

Peace beyond all understanding,

Joy beyond what this world affords,

Love is our life commanding,

The patient kindness of our Lord.

We sing his precious goodness,

For Faithful is his fruit.

The gentle savior we confess,

A sound mind attends our pursuit.

And so, we are forever bound,

As branches of the vine.

As we grow up in holy ground,

A unity of Christ is found.

Now, in this one anotherness,

Together or apart

In union with our Lord were blessed

with one faith and one heart

February 26, 2026

Anthony Foster

Greatly Loved

We all once lived in the passions of our flesh

We were the sons of disobedience

Factories of sin ever new and ever fresh

Blind to the consequence of expedience

The body  and mind ruled our desires

We were by nature, children of wrath

All of mankind are ruled by unholy fires

Contemptuous of the righteous path

Bridge 

But God, being rich in mercy said

“I love you with an everlasting love”

He loved us even when our spirits were dead

A love the world has no knowledge of

Chorus 

You are greatly loved you are greatly loved

 pleas for mercy are heard from heaven above

Rise Up right now, stand and understand

Be strong and have good courage, o man

Fear not and peace be with you 

His love is faithful his love is true

Even in our trespasses, even in our sin

Together with Christ  God made us alive

It is by  grace alone as it has ever been

Not by works by which one may strive

You are greatly loved you are greatly loved

Pleas for mercy are heard from heaven above

Rise Up right now, stand and understand

Be strong and have good courage, o man

Fear not and peace be with you 

Christ’s love is faithful his love is true

Daniel  9:23; and 10:11,19

Ephesians 2:3-6

Anthony Foster