Our Adonai

Almighty most Holy God

You are the One our hearts applaud

Give wings to our words Oh Lord that we might

See hearts set ablaze with your glorious light…

Omniscient, magnificent Lord

You are the One our minds adore

Here in your presence we would bask

This blessing is more than we can think or ask

Oh our Adonai-It is to you our spirits fly

Draw us  to your holy flame

For the sake of your great name

Oh our Adonai-Oh our Adonai.

Sovereign savior and King

You are the One who makes our souls sing

In you we trust as our infintite treasure

Our hope and prayer is that we bring you pleasure.

Teach us oh Spirit divine

Come like a fire our flesh to refine

Cleanse this tabernacle and dwell

To guard us  from Sin and Temptation and Hell.

Oh our Adonai-It is to you our spirits fly

Draw us  to your holy flame

For the sake of your great name

Oh our Adonai-Oh our Adonai.

Bridge

Cover us, oh God triune

Come quickly Lord and come soon

Pray, Father and Spirit and Son

Keep us till your work is done.

Oh our Adonai-It is to you our spirits fly

Draw us  to your holy flame

For the sake of your great name

Oh our Adonai-Oh our Adonai.

Anthony Foster

June 30, 2019

The Hallowed Hammer

Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

Being crushed is never easy-Being broken is required

To be formed into Christ’s likeness-Reckon with what you’ve desired

When you been deformed, misshapen-By the devil world and flesh

By God’s grace be overtaken-He’ll reform your life afresh

But there’s pain upon the anvil-As God beats a self to death

In the crushing there’s a whisper-For the hammer is God’s breath

As he breathes into the vessel-A life-giving change of mind

He has torn us, he will heal us-What he breaks he’ll surely bind

By his flames we must be tempered-For we’re fashioned by the fire

Though struck down upon His anvil-He becomes our true desire

There is mercy in the moulding-There‘s a blueprint for His grace

As we’re conformed to Christ’s image-Then our likeness is replaced

Crushed by the weight of glory-By the holy hammerstrike

He will smite us for our good as he reveals what we are like.

By the holy hammer we are forged Into  noble forms

Beaten into beauty in the midst of gracious storms…

There’s compassion in the crushing There’s forgiveness in the fire

When the holy heavy hammer Strikes us down it lifts us higher

Our souls’ goldsmith refines us by his ardor and His blows

Into what shape he’ll reform us, only highest heaven knows.

June 26, 2019

Anthony Foster

To Follow is to Follow

Righteous and  holy,

Merciful and mighty

You Purchased us out of our sin

We are the slaves of righteousness

Serving our Master as we confess

To follow is to follow again and again.

Help us persevere in worship

Help us persevere in praise

Help us consecrate our lives

All our live-long days.

Give us grace to make this vow

Lord by Your grace our hearts will bow

while we stand

Just as you have planned

Help us understand…

And follow your command.

If you follow your heart

Yopu will surely depart

To your own way

So Lord set us apart

Incline our hearts

To do what you say

This is what we pray…

For we stray away so easily

Our souls pant to be satisfied

But to other lords we incline

Draw us safely to your side

Dispense your showers of grace

Flowing in delight from you

As we abandon our desires

Let us seek your face in all we do

Help us persevere in worship

Help us persevere in praise

Help us consecrate our lives

All our live-long days.

Give us grace to make this vow

Lord by Your grace our heart swill bow

while we stand

Just as you have planned

Help us understand…

And follow your command.

June 24, 2019

Anthony Foster

Another Set of Eyes

Keep the heart with vigilance,

For from it springs of life  flow

Guard it Lord be my defense-

The eyes of my heart want to know

Let the glory of God's Word shine within me

For the Recompense of God  has come

He himself is the reward of the righteous

The reward of every heart that's been undone

Give me another set of eyes that can behold you

Another kind of eyes to see

The things that are hidden but remain true

The eyes of my heart  define me

May the eyes of my heart  remind me

Christ is my prosperity

My portion and my part

For he is treasure to me

The desire of my heart

Give me another set of eyes that can behold you

Another kind of eyes to see

The things that are hidden but remain true

The eyes of my heart  define me

May the eyes of my heart  remind me

Christ is my prosperity

My portion and my part

For he is treasure to me

The desire of my heart

Prov 4:23, Eph 1:18

June 21, 2019

Anthony Foster

Grace Evergreen (Here in the Dry Wood)

Faith is the act of the soul that repents

That connects with Grace,  and receives it,

Faith channels the power of obedience

Unto every one who believes it

Faith is the evidence of what is unseen

Almighty invisible Grace evergreen

Herein the dry wood truth ever shall reign

The light of the world has made it all plain

Faith guards grace from becoming void

Or through human boasts nullified

To understand God is to be overjoyed

Faith is a gift so we never take pride

Lord give us relief

Help our unbelief

Lord have mercy

We are thirsty

We worship you with our thirst.

We seek your face last and first

Lord waken us with Your unseen light

Let us walk by faith and not by sight.

You are the Great Giver of Grace

You give us gifts so free

You give the faith on which they’re based

Give us new eyes to see

Faith is the evidence of what is unseen

Almighty invisible Grace evergreen

Here in the dry wood truth ever shall reign

The light of the world has made it all plain...

Anthony Foster

June 19, 2019