Lucifer

They say you were a morningstar

But Shining mixed with envy’s desire

To exalt your fame you went to war

And became a monster and a liar

You were deceived by your own pride

You thought to capture heavens throne

Your jealousy you would not hide

So you were cast like lightning down

Myriads of hosts you seduced

To follow on the rebels’ way

The enmity that you produced

Was the ultimate audacity

Anointed cherub you were given

As Guardian of God’s glorious throne

But you coveted the rule of heaven

You desired the worship for your own

And now you are a roaring lion

Seeking who you may devour

Ruler of this world and sin’s scion

The fear of death your only power

So contemplate what you have lost

For you have practiced to deceive

Agree to what your pride has cost

Now eternally you’ll surely grieve

Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28

Luke 10:18; Revelation 12:9

February 19, 2026

Anthony Foster

Lay It to the Heart

Lay aside all distractions

Search your purpose and then start

Flee from frivolous factions

Got to lay it to the heart.

Something serious and deep

Calls us to take part

It may move you till you weep

Got to lay it to the heart.

Feelings and thoughts abound

That would tear your peace apart  

A reckoning yields answers found

When you lay it to the heart

Bridge

Let it move you where you live

Transformed by the TRUE

Let it touch you then you have

God’s insight inside of you

So reckon God’s reality

True truth has no counterpart

Fix your eyes and you will see

Once you lay it to the heart

So reckon God’s reality

True truth has no counterpart

Christ’s the Truth that sets you free

Once you lay it to the heart

February 19, 2025

Anthony Foster

One Direction

I’m not very pretty. I’m not very smart

And I serve a God who looks on the heart

I stand before his all seeing eye

There is nowhere my heart can hide

I know for well, my wandering heart

How from the way that I depart

But my great high priest will intercede

An advocate is what I need

It is a long, long obedience

It is with a heart that daily repents

And One Direction I must go

And only one lord that I must follow

So Help my mind to understand

That clean before my Lord I stand

So put me through the refiners fire

Guard my heart and my desire

May I like you be faithful and true?

Lord, help me obey what you tell me to do

For without faith, all is counted sin

What goes without comes from within

For what’s in the heart is what defiles

But there is a savior who reconciles

It is a long, long obedience

It is with a heart that daily repents

And One Direction I must go

And only one lord that I must follow

So Help my mind to understand

That clean before my Lord I stand

Romans 14:23

John 14:15

February 19, 2025

Anthony Foster

Spirit of Jesus

The Spirit of Jesus lives in me 

So in him, I will abide

He is the truth that set me free

So in Jesus, I will confide

So on my Christ I shall depend

Living by grace that has no end

Abiding with my constant friend

Here by his Spirit’s power

The Spirit of Jesus lives in me

So my life is not my own

It is not I, but Christ you see

So I will never be alone

So on my Christ I shall depend

Living by grace that has no end

Abiding with my constant friend

Here by his Spirit’s power

The Spirit of Jesus lives in me 

This is where my faith comes from

Though sin remains the enemy

In Jesus I shall overcome

So on my Christ I shall depend

Living by grace that has no end

Abiding with my constant friend

Here by his Spirit’s power

February 18, 2026

Anthony Foster

Slumber Song

Now the night is drawing nigh;

shadows steal across the sky.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep;

I lay me down and all is well

In peace and safety now to dwell

If I should die before I wake,

I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep;

Angels watch me through the night,

And wake me with the morning light.

If I should live for other days, 

I pray the Lord to guide my ways

When morning dawns may I arise

Pure and holy in your eyes.

Psalm 4:8

February 12, 2026

Anthony Foster

If God Be For Us

If God be for us, who can stand against us?

He will provide the strength to bear our cross

We take it up and follow Him who we trust

Faithful and true he repays every loss

Hope in the Lord, my soul and then be still

Come rest in Him- your very heart He'll fill

He leads us onward through our wildernesses

Kept in his care, in him we shall abide

It gives him joy to guide us and to bless us

Beneath his wings we shelter there to hide

Oh Lion of Judah, shepherd and sustain

Through every trial his mercies shall attain

Now mystery and doubt may overtake us

In Christ all we who persevere shall stand

Through shadows dim the darkness shall not shake us

No power on earth can take us from his hand

He holds our future as he has the past

All he has promised is Amen at last

When comes the day, the day of his returning

Our Christ shall judge the living and the dead

Then we shall see the one for whom we’re yearning

The bridegroom’s advent when we shall be wed

Forevermore his glory we shall see

Alive in him for all eternity.

February 7, 2026

Anthony Foster

I Need to Pray

Oh Lord, I feel the need to pray

I feel it each and every day

Every minute every hour

I will claim this gracious power

My Heav’nly Father I'll address 

My sins and evils to confess

I know my prayer He shall hear

He will delight to draw me near

Oh Lord, my God, to you  I pray

Not just for blessings to bestow

But in your presence here to stay

And that your glory I might know

You speak to me within your word

And I confess what I have heard

Thy kingdom come, your will be done

That your heart and mine shall be one

As I adore you and confess

You turne my heart to righteousness

I’ll give you thanks for your supply

Here in this life, and when I die

Oh Lord, my God, to you  I pray

Not just for blessings to bestow

But in your presence here to stay

And that your glory I might know

Lord in your presence, I would stay

So that your glory I might show

January 31, 2026

Anthony Foster