Nailed to the Cross

All of my guilt and all of my shame

All of my unholy mess 

Jesus will cleanse me of all of the blame

Of all of the sin I confess!

All of my omissions and all of my pride

All  the deeds that in darkness were done

All of my sinful thoughts that I hide

I must account for each and every one

As far as the east is from the west

My sins are removed from me

More than the sins I have confessed

Are cast into the depths of the sea

All the unrighteousness all my sins

Were nailed to the cross with him

Nailed to the cross, nailed to the cross

I am forgiven and cleansed

He became very sin for our sake

He took it with Him to the cross

He was the one that God would forsake

When He paid iniquity’s cost

All the unrighteousness all my sins

Were nailed to the cross with Him

Nailed to the cross, nailed to the cross

I am forgiven and cleansed

2 Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 2:14

April 22,2025

Anthony Foster

Steadfast Love

 

 

Steadfast Love

When your heart is breakin’ 

You are not forsaken

Love has overtaken 

Your needs that you ask for

When doubt and fears assail you

When pain and trouble ail you

He will Never fail you

You’re his forevermore

The steadfast love of God will never end

It  prevails and your heart it will defend

Each believer’s broken spirit it will mend

On the steadfast love of God you can depend

Bridge

Oh the steadfast love of the Lord never changes

Never falters- it will always be enough

Oh God’s steadfast love will last eternal ages

Naught can separate us from His steadfast love.

If you’re lost and wandering 

And your life you ‘re squandering

And despair you are pondering

Call upon His name

His love remains forever

Naught of earth can sever

It shall not cease, no never

It ever shall remain

The steadfast love of God will never end

It will prevail and your heart it will defend

Every broken spirit it will mend

On The steadfast love of God you can depend

On The steadfast love of God you can depend

Lamentations 3:21-23

April 21, 2025

Anthony Foster

Birthmark and Benchmark

Love is our birthmark

Grace is our benchmark

May we be known by these

Truth is our banner

Kindness our manner

By these things our God is pleased

This our pursuit

To be bearing much fruit

Living and moving in Christ

By the Spirit transformed

And to Christ be Conformed

Now a living sacrifice.

Love, joy peace, patience and kindness

Goodness faithfulness and self control

These are the fruit that the Spirit brings

To occupy our soul.

Patience and peace

Will never cease 

To be made manifest

As self control we employ

Then goodness and joy

Will accompany our faithfulness

Love, joy peace, patience and kindness

Goodness faithfulness and self control

These are the fruit that the Spirit brings

To occupy our soul.

April 21, 2024

Ephesians 6

Anthony Foster

A Place for Us

For our rest You have prepared a place 

Where in your very presence we shall dwell

Come quickly Lord and we shall see your face

Then we shall forever declare it is well

There is something true that lies beyond us

We are longing, longing for that coming day

For you’ll fulfill your promise- this  we trust

For you always do just what you say

Jesus how we long for your return

Jesus come and take us to your side

To see Your glory, for this we yearn

Now come and return for your Bride

There are many mansions in your home

And in this promise we shall trust

This is the heaven you have made our own

Where you inhabit every room with us

In your throne room, at your feet

In your very presence we shall dwell

What glory what a grace and rapture sweet

The blessings no human tongue can tell

Jesus how we long for your return

Jesus come and take us to your side

To see Your glory, for this we yearn

Now come and return for your Bride

April 21, 2025

Anthony Foster

God the Son Incarnate

God the Son incarnate, all creation sings

Through you was created all things

Visible and invisible in heaven and on earth

Things of ignoble and noble worth

Though you are God’s very form 

From eternity past ere you were born

You did not grasp equality

Instead you made yourself empty

Radiance of God’s glory come to Earth

Made like men in a humble birth

a servant’s nature you acquired

Took on that form as was required

In obedience you came

To take our sin and bear the shame

When your obedience required death

You gave up your very breath

Forever exalted in glory

You attained for us new majesty

The name above all names is yours

Your kingdom evermore endures

So at that name all knees shall bow

In heaven and earth one day and now

And every tongue will then confess

That you are the Lord of Righteousness

For according to the triune plan

You now sit down at God’s right hand

There with the majesty on high

Our Lord of Lords shall never die

And so you ever intercede

You advocate and our case you plead

Great high priest and sovereign king

You are sovereign over everything. 

Hebrews 1, Colossians 1, Philippians 2

Easter Sunday

April 20, 2025

Anthony Foster

Inscrutable Ways

I’m not worthy to sing these songs

Not worthy to wait upon 

Him as a servant and slave

Yet His life for me he gave

with every blessing he has blessed me

Every blessing in  the heavenlies

How can I explain?

All his loss is now my gain

Give up on my pondering -On His holy inscrutable ways

Give up on the pondering-And fall on my knees in praise.

I’m not worthy to speak His name

And yet he despised the shame

And took my Sin- oh what a cost

And nailed it to the cross

And there with him it was put to death

Forgiving me with his dying breath

How can I explain?

All His loss is now my gain

Give up on my pondering -On His holy inscrutable ways

Give up on the pondering-And fall on my knees in praise.

Bridge

Oh the greatness of the mystery

Is more than I can hope to see

And yet I must learn to trust

That Jesus became Sin for us

That In Christ we might be blessed

To become His righteousness

Give up on my pondering -On His holy inscrutable ways

Give up on the pondering-And fall on my knees in praise.

Give up on my pondering -On His holy inscrutable ways

Give up on the pondering-And fall on my knees in praise.

2 Corinthians 5:21

April 20, 2025

Easter Sunday

Anthony Foster