Hold Fast

Hold fast your hope-Cling to it to the last

God's gift is the enabling power to hold fast

Hold fast your hope-Your will before Him cast

For Christ renews our mind-With the desire to hold fast

Hold fast to the Father Who holds your very tears

He holds the world together and so we may draw near

He holds onto your right hand firm unto the end

Our hope is in our keeper- Held fast, hold on to Him

Hold fast your hope Today ands in the past

Yet he fulfills his will in us And sees our strength hold fast

Hold fast your hope with assurance sure and vast

Triumph exhorts us ever on And calls us to hold fast

Hold fast to the Father Who holds your very tears

He holds the world together And so we may draw near

He holds onto your right hand Firm unto the end

Our hope is in our keeper Held fast, hold on to Him

Hebrews 3:6,14

Hebrews 6:18

Hebrews 10:23

Isaiah 41:13

Ps 56:8

Ps 121:5

Anthony Foster

March 28, 2019

Look Away

We are shadows, we are echoes

Craving praise and flaunting pride

But the emptiness in our souls

Will ne'er be satisfied.

If we are getting pleasure

From our own sufficiency

And not seeking truer treasure

Lord- we need to be set free

Look away, look away, look away from your self

Look to Jesus Look to Jesus as your treasure and your wealth

Look away, look away, look away from this world

Look to Jesus Look to Jesus as your priceless pearl

There is nothing more beyond,

He is the end of our quest

There is nothing better,

Christ is all of the best...

His presence and His promise

Fulfills all our desires

Now we are not dominated

By the chains that sin requires

Look away, look away, look away from your self

Look to Jesus Look to Jesus as your treasure and your wealth

Look away, look away, look away from this world

Look to Jesus Look to Jesus as your priceless pearl

If from Christ we feed and drink

He satisfies our soul-thirst

Beyond all we ask or think

If we will seek Him first

Look away, look away, look away from your self

Look to Jesus Look to Jesus as your treasure and your wealth

Look away, look away, look away from this world

Look to Jesus Look to Jesus as your priceless pearl

Anthony Foster

March 26, 2018

In Your Sweet Sweet Presence

I love to dwell in your sweet presence

In the light of your glory to bask

Hid with Christ in this holy residence

Abide with me, dear Lord, is all I ask

We are your temple Lord where you dwell richly

We are the tabernacles of your grace

Yours are the courts where we can all live boldly

Here at your throne we see you face to face

Here in your sweet sweet presence

My poor soul is satisfied

With blessings beyond all I ask or think

At the free flowing fountain of grace I will drink

And forevermore I will abide.

We live in You you live in us

As we hope and trust and confide,

You fashion our clay and transform our dust

As in your presence we abide.

You are our pillar of cloud each day to guide us

Pillar of fire, illuminate our night

Lord to your wounded side you draw and hide us

For you were pierced that we might see Your light!

Here in your sweet sweet presence

My poor soul is satisfied

With blessings beyond all I ask or think

At the free flowing fountain of grace I will drink

And forevermore I will abide.

Boldly to your throne room we enter in

To live in this divine dwelling place

Built by the blood that you shed for men

A finished work accomplished by Your grace

Here in your sweet sweet presence

My poor soul is satisfied

With blessings beyond all I ask or think

At the free flowing fountain of grace I will drink

And forevermore I will abide.

Here where you take me to your side

Forevermore I will abide.

March 26, 2019

Anthony Foster

Your Word

It is not by power, not by might

That the victories of this life are won

It is walking in the Word of Light

By the sword of the Spirit it is done

By this sword the worldly flesh we kill

By this sword we're protected in the war

It will pierce our feelings and our will

Through its precepts, the battle is the Lord’s

Your word I have hidden in my heart

That I might not sin against You

Your word I have hidden in my heart

For Your word is faithful and true

Your word you have written on my heart

My name you have written on your hand

By your word a living way you chart

That your child can begin to understand

A lamp to my feet and to my path, a light

Dividing bone and marrow, defining wrong and right

Giving wisdom to the foolish

And to blind men giving sight

Your word, Lord, your word

Your word I have hidden in my heart

That I might not sin against You

Your word I have hidden in my heart

For your word is faithful and true

Your word you have written on my heart

My name you have written on your hand

By Your word a living way you chart

That your child can begin to understand

Bridge

Heaven and Earth shall pass away

But Your Words will never pass away

A lamp to my feet and to my path, a light

Dividing bone and marrow, defining wrong and right

Giving wisdom to the foolish

And to blind men giving sight

Your word, Lord, your word.

March 6, 2019

Anthony Foster