Glory Be

Glory be to highest heaven
There in rapture so complete
I will dance before His presence
There before his mercy seat
And fall in Wonder at His feet

Here in glory so majestic

Light of lights my Savior reigns

Angels in attendance wonder

Trembling at what grace attains

And His radiance never wanes

Glory be to highest heaven

The universe declares His worth

Now his glory in flesh shrouded

Jesus condescends to earth

Glory rises with His birth

Glory be to highest heaven

The Peace of God now visits us

He will satisfy the Father

Desire of nations comes to dust

In His suffering we will trust

Glory be to highest heaven

The horn of our salvation’s raised

Grace and peace comes to redeem us

Now on glory we have gazed 

Heaven’s joyous gift be praised

Anthony Foster

December 3, 2021

God With Us

You have come out of eternity

You have come so that we might see

The light that all might apprehend

The holy means to every end

We live by faith in unseen things

More real than this world’s offerings

Realities beyond our eyes

That fuel our fires and make us wise

Midst darkened shadows light has shown

He is the light that makes God known

You have come, Emmanuel

To become our soul’s noel

God is with us, truly with us

Our God has come to tread this dust

God has come, in us to dwell

He comes to Us , Emmanuel.

The truth no mind can comprehend 

That God the Son would condescend

To take on flesh and so He dies

To conquer death and then arise 

So earth becomes an altarplace

Where the final sacrifice takes place

The perfect Work that makes us right

Justice and mercy to unite

In darkened shadows light has shown

You are the light that makes God known

You have come, Emmanuel

To become our soul’s noel

God is with us, truly with us

Our God has come to tread the dust

God has come, in us to dwell

He comes to Us , Emmanuel.

December 2, 2021

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Anthony Foster

Days of Thanksgiving

Lord with our gratitude may we glorify You

As we acknowledge Your every good gift

Nothing we bring to the altar built by You

Living sacrifices we would your Name uplift

Lord may these days be days of thanksgiving

We lift our praise to the giver of grace

May we bring glory to You while we’re living

Make our praise glorious here in this place

With hearts of neediness may we pursue you

Set us aflame with a fire in our bones

Light up the world with the sacrifice due you

Taking our cross and following you alone.

Ultimate praise from a heart of thanksgiving

For ultimate mercy sent down from above

Gratitude flowing from dead men now living

Now drinking deep from the fountain of love

Lord may this day be a day of thanksgiving

We lift our praise to the giver of grace

May we bring glory to You while we’re living

Make our praise glorious here in this place

Thanksgiving Day

November 25, 2021

Anthony Foster

Help Us

Help us trust in you Lord

Help us trust in you

You are faithful you are true

Help us trust in you

Help us love like you Lord

Help us love like you

in all I say, In all I do,

Help us love like you

Help us give like you Lord,

Help us give like you

As we give you will renew

Help us give like you

Help us to forgive Lord

To forgive like you

Let mercy lead  and see us through

Help us forgive like you.

Help us be like you Lord

Help us be like you

Your likeness become conformed to

Help us live like you.

Help us love like you

Help us trust in you

Anthony Foster

Thanksgiving Day 2021

Keeper

In the midst of devastation

There is only one foundation

A solid rock on which to stand

Written on the Savior’s hand

In the storm and through the trial

Christ will hold you all the while

In his firm and strong embrace

There’s refuge in all that you face

Keeper of hearts, savior of souls

Renewer of minds, all the world He controls 

He is the  warrior for all the weak

Strength He provides unto all those who seek.

In the trouble of the day

Christ will guard you all the way

In the darkness of the night

Your soul is shielded in the fight

Though your mind and body fail

Sickness, pain and fears assail

Though sin’s harvest you may reap

Trust Him and your heart he’ll keep

Keeper of hearts, Renewer of minds,

Savior of souls, seek him and you shall find

Refuge in life and from  death your defense

Mercy and Grace for each one who repents

Keeper of hearts, savior of souls

Renewer of minds, all the world He controls 

He is the  warrior for all the weak

Strength He provdes unto all those who seek.

Anthony Foster

Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2021

Thanksgiving

Thank you Lord, Thank you Lord

For You have revealed your self to us

Thank you Lord, Thank you Lord

In your more sure Word we trust

You are faithful , you are true

Thank You Lord, Thank You

We lift our hearts in gratitude

A beautiful beatitude!

Not only for blessings outpoured

Not just for gifts that you provide

But for your very presence Lord

In which we live and we abide.

You are faithful , you are true

Thank You Lord, Thank You

We lift our hearts in gratitude

A beautiful beatitude!

Thank you for our very breath

Thank you for our Hope in death

Thank you for our eternal home

Thank you that your Kingdom comes

You are faithful , you are true

Thank You Lord, Thank You

We lift our hearts in gratitude

A beautiful beatitude!

Anthony Foster

Thanksgiving Day 

November 25, 2021

 

Man of Sorrows, Glorious King

For the joy that was before you set

You incurred the world’s SIN debt

You bore the burden of our blame 

You despised the sorrowful shame

Man of Sorrows , what a cost

When our anguish became your loss.

Grief and misery you knew

Suffering servant, woe to you!

Man of Sorrows, King of Glory,  Through your death there is victory

Man of sorrows, Glorious King Of the Lamb and the Lion we sing!

Humiliation  laid you down

You bore the cross and gained the crown

As the Godhead had conceived

Exaltation you received

Lamentation to exaltation

Christ arose for our Salvation

Now at the Father’s right hand 

He sits enthroned and so we stand.

Man of Sorrows, King of Glory,  Through your death there is victory

Man of sorrows, Glorious King Of the Lamb and the Lion we sing!

Man of Sorrows,  King of Glory

To you we lift our offeratory

Songs of joy and hope and praise

All to You we humbly raise

King of Glory, Sovereign 

Majestic Monarch You shall reign

Royal Ruler on your throne

All Dominion is yours alone.

Man of Sorrows, King of Glory,  Through your death there is victory

Man of sorrows, Glorious King Of the Lamb and the Lion we sing!

Anthony Foster

November 13, 2021