Raise the Ebenezer

Our Savior’s power ever shows

He has defeated all our foes

For on the third day He arose

All things beyond this He’ll provide

He surely watches oe’r His own

And cares for every child he’s known

He shall vouchsafe us safely home

If in His grace we will abide

So let the devil do his worst

For when we hunger and we thirst

We shall remember last and first

The perfect providence of God

Our Ebenezers we shall raise

To Father’s glory and His praise

And we’ll remember all our days

The gracious providence of God

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Raise up the Ebenezer high

And on His providence rely

And let the world hear our cry

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise His name

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise His name

So we shall remember 

Our shield and defender

And worship we’ll render

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise His name

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, praise His name

We will sing hallelujah as we see

The stones shall spark our memory

Then we shall fall on bended knee

And hail the providence of God

Each stone of help that we shall raise

Will be a monument of praise

And we’ll remember all our days

The loving providence of God

The all wise providence of God

The perfect providence of God

Anthony Foster

September 15, 2021

A More Sure Love

A more sure love 

A playful and pure love

A forever to endure love

That’s what we’ve got

A more true love

Everyday to renew love

It’s an all we can do love

That’s more than a lot.

And all these years later

Our love‘s even greater

And our talk ‘s even straighter 

Than when we began

Through the trials and tests

We have learned what is best

For each other is blessed

When we stick to God’s plan

A more tried love

A devoid of pride love

For the tears we’ve cried, love

Have caused us to grow

A patient and kind love

Make the ties that bind love

For those who will find love

We pray they will know

That someday years later

Your love‘s even greater

And your talk ‘s even straighter 

Than when you began

Through the trials and tests

Hope you’ve learned what is best

And each other is blessed

Cause you stuck to God’s plan

September 10, 2021

Anticipating our 44th wedding anniversary on September 24

Anthony Foster

My Soul’s Lament

Dead to this world alive to what is true

To die to earthly things that I’ve pursued

Wood hay and stubble I have acquired

May they burn away in your purifying fire

The holy fire of new desire

O’er my sin make me weep, 

By your kindness my heart keep

Lead me to confess and repent, 

This is my sorrowed soul’s lament.

To hate my sin and then to turn

From what I hate and then to yearn

For righteous fervor to replace

These depths of darkness fill with grace

Restore the rubble and the waste

Over my darkness let me grieve

May I mourn enough to make me leave

Yea, cast aside the old man’s bent

This is my sorrowed soul’s lament.

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To you the Living God My heart and flesh cry out

You are the only solace I can see

Redeem this slave to iniquity and doubt

Break my chains and set me free

Reaping what I have sown today

Forgive my failure to obey

Oh let my self-veiled heart be rent

This is my sorrowed soul’s lament.

September 12, 2021

Anthony Foster

 

I Pray Thee Lord

I pray thee Lord your will to learn

It is no secret to discern

It is not hidden or concealed

Your wisdom in your Word’s revealed

Open my eyes

Lord make me wise

For you will be my treasure and my prize

Open my ears

Lord make me hear

And then to heed by faith and fain my fear

A lamp unto my feet, unto my path a light

The very source of truth and sight

Your very wisdom is my need

I would follow where Your Spirit leads

Open my eyes

Lord make me wise

For You will be my treasure and my prize

Open my ears

Lord make me hear

And then to heed by faith and fain my fear

Open my soul 

To your Spirit’s control

Then folly will fall and my heart will be whole

 

James 1

September 12, 2021

Anthony Foster

Christ is All

Christ is all, and in all

Christ is all, and in all

So on our knees we shall fall.

Christ is all, and in all!

This is the truth that we confess

Christ alone is our righteousness

Let us declare with minds agreeing

In Him we live and move and have our being

Christ is all, and in all

Christ is all, and in all

So on our knees we shall fall.

Christ is all, and in all!

For of Him and though Him and to Him are all things

In heaven and earth  all of creation sings

No one else has the words of Truth but you alone

There is no other reality that can be known

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And so by grace we now confess

He is the source of  blessedness.

In Him alone is hope and righteousness

In Him alone our refuge and our rest

Christ is all, and in all

Christ is all, and in all

So on our knees we shall fall.

Christ is all, and in all!

Colossians 3:11

Acts 17:28

September 12, 2021

Anthony Foster

 

Isaiah 26:3

Anxiety flees before the Lord of peace

And you can surely be released

Beyond our understanding His peace Christ gives

So let it rule in your heart, let it live…

The peace of God will guard our hearts 

And in Christ Jesus guard our minds

For perfect peace the Lord imparts

The one who seeks Him surely  finds

Sow in peace and you will reap 

The harvest of righteousness 

In perfect peace the Lord will keep

The one who in Him rests

Let not your heart be troubled

Let not your heart be troubled

Let not your heart be troubled

For if on God your mind is stayed

And your petitions you have prayed

You will keep him in perfect peace 

whose mind is stayed on you.

September 12, 2021

Anthony Foster

 

Let Righteousness Roll

Let justice prevail, Let righteousness roll…

The right will not fail for the Lord’s in control

Darkness is negated at the end of the story

It’s all consummated and God gets the glory

So let righteousness roll, let righteousness roll

Flowing down like a stream 

That fulfills all our dreams

In its glorious goal

All will be made right when faith becomes sight

So stand in the light and let righteousness roll.

So let mercy lead and do what is just

Get down on your knees and learn how to trust

God’s purpose can’t fail, Do the next right thing

His truth shall prevail – you can hear heaven sing

So let righteousness roll, let righteousness roll

Flowing down like a stream 

That fulfills all our dreams

In its glorious goal

All will be made right when faith becomes sight

So stand in the light and let righteousness roll.

So let righteousness roll, let righteousness roll

Flowing down like a stream 

That fulfills all our dreams

In its glorious goal

All will be made right when faith becomes sight

So stand in the light and let righteousness roll.

All will be made right when faith becomes sight

So stand in the light and let righteousness roll.

Amos 5:24

September 11, 2021

20th anniversary of 9-11-2001

Anthony Foster