Perfect Vision

Looking to the past we gain a grateful heart

You are the master designer and this world’s a work of art
You are the promise keeper- history proves you true
Help us see that future graces all will come from You

Give us perfect vision Lord, that we might clearly see
The hope and promises you give become reality
With 20/20 hindsight we come to understand
That all things work according to your perfect plan

Looking at the present help us see with redeemed eyes
So we may see the truth that this world would just disguise
To see the world as it is, held together  by your Word
Help us to live out the good news of the message we have heard

Give us perfect vision Lord that we might clearly see
You work all things together to fulfill our destiny
So clarify our vision till illusions pass away
With eyes of faith made perfect then with open hearts we pray

Looking to the future Lord we see the hope unveiled
We see with renewed minds that your word has never failed
The author and the finisher of faith will make complete
The Faith you’ve placed within us  there before your mercy seat.

Lord give us perfect vision so we might clearly see
Confusion pass away so we can  live the mystery
Help us see with eyes of faith the future you have sealed
The day of our Lord Jesus  soon will be   revealed

Anthony Foster
October 30, 2020

You Came

You came to the house of bread, as the bread of life you came
That our souls might be fed,  for to save us was your aim
As the manna from the sky God's people to sustain
Soon to die and rise again like a holy seed of grain

You came to Jacob's well  living water there to give
To quench the fires of hell and  our thirst that we might live
Living water for our souls, flowing from the Father's throne
Cleanse our hearts and make us whole and make your glory known

You came to Gethsemane to the olive grove to pray
Your voiced your earnest plea that God's wrath be turned away
There to sanctify His priest  with the olive oil applied
There your will it was released so we might be sanctified

You came on a wedding day in the fullness of God's  time
Working wonders to convey that messiah was divine
You became the righteous wine when your precious blood you shed
At your wedding feast to dine, there we drink and we are fed

To a darkened world you came to reveal eternal light
To glorify the Father's name and to bring the blind their sight
Light of this world now shine to show us all the way
A lamp  to help us find  the path  to your eternal day.

You came that your children might have life abundantly
You came to make us right and you came to set us free
You came to this world to die, you came that we might live
You  will come back bye and bye your deliverance to give

Anthony Foster
October 23, 2020

God Reigns

God reigns over the nations;  Our God reigns on high
God sits on his holy throne.  And his redemption is drawing nigh
The Lord reigns from eternity Come and make his glory known.
He is robed in majesty;  He is Lord and Lord alone.

The sound of God's watchmen— they lift up their voice;
Together they sing for joy;  Together with them we rejoice
For eye to eye they see  the return of the Lord to Zion.
Break forth together into singing, Sing a song of the lamb and lion!

For our God is the One  who is high and lifted up,
To Him alone we lift Salvation’s Cup
He who inhabits eternity,  Holy is His Name
Our God reigns, From Age to Age the Same!

The Lord has bared his holy arm  before the eyes of all the nations,
And all the ends of the earth  shall see our God’s great salvation
He dwells in the high and holy place,  And to the humble grace imparts
To raise up the spirit of the lowly,  And to revive contrite hearts

For our God is the One  who is high and lifted up,
To Him alone we lift Salvation’s Cup
He who inhabits eternity,  Holy is His Name
Our God reigns, From Age to Age the Same!

Isaiah 57:15
Isaiah 52:7-10
Nehemiah 9:6
Psalm 93:1-5
Psalm 47:8  

October 16, 2020
Anthony Foster

The Message

For the abandoned husband left alone without a wife

To the  refugee with no reason to keep on living life

To the homeless and the heartless all alone

And the slave that is owned by the  things he owns

This is the message that you need to hear

Frail children the Father holds you dear

The happy moral pagan who believes there is no need

To those unsatisfied in their  pride and greed

The barren still waiting with dwindling hope

The rebellious  rogue at the end of her rope

This is the message that you need to hear

Frail children the Father holds you dear.

Bridge

Trade all of your sorrow

Behold what manner of love

Don’t wait for tomorrow

Behold what manner of love

Those drowning  in depression that deepens each day

For the prodigal who's dying in a strange new way

And the infidel floundering  from their futile choice

And the innocent orphan who has no voice

This is the message that you need to hear

Frail children the Father holds you dear.

This is the message that you need to hear

Frail children the Father will draw you near.

October 15, 2020

Anthony Foster

 

Night of Worship

Nights of sorrow, nights of doubt
And anxiety is all about
Bewilderment may take its toll
Oppress my spirit and terrify my soul

But God our maker makes the song
And I will sing it all night long
Though darkness may envelop me
And make it very hard to see

With eyes of faith I see the light
The glory of Christ’s face shines bright

This is my night of worship
This is my night of praise
Songs and prayers and the living word
Are the sounds my soul has heard

So in the night with eyes of faith I gaze
And see the light that lights my ways

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The sun is sinking in the west and dusk is falling hard
Evening drapes its cloak on me so as my soul to guard
The melody my spirit hears become songs in the night
For this I am most grateful,  this  is my heart’s delight

With eyes of faith I see the light
The glory of Christ’s face shines bright

This is my night of worship
This is my night of praise

Songs and prayers and the living word
Are the sounds my soul has heard
So in the night with eyes of faith I gaze
And see the light that lights my ways

October 15, 2020
Anthony Foster

Frail Children of Dust

Our days are like the flower We bloom and make a show
And all too soon we fade away, and back to earth we go
Our days are filled with trouble and times that are unjust
We are the sons of Adam the frail children of the dust

Our days are like a dawning but the shadows soon will fall
And suffering and sorrow  drive us behind our walls
But dust and living water  can make a pot of clay
The potter gives us purpose in a dry and weary day.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail
In God do we trust nor find Him to fail
When day turns to darkness and gold turns to rust
He sheds tender mercies on frail children of dust

Like dust in the wind we are blown too and fro
But storms make the desert with waters to flow
In our frailty and weakness His power we trust
For God knows our frame; He remembers the  dust. 

O come all you faithless, your burdens He’ll lift
Oh come to the savior -partake of his gift.

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Our bodies may fail and our minds may forget
Our strength dissipates but Hope have we yet
To this hope we will cling when our prospects are bleak
For power is perfected in those who are weak
The life giving  grace of  the Father is what we must seek.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail
In God place your trust you’ll not find Him to fail
When day turns to darkness and gold turns to rust
He sheds tender mercies on frail children of dust

O come all you faithless, your burdens He’ll lift
Oh come to the savior -partake of his gift.

Psalm 103:14
October 12, 2020
Anthony Foster

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Here In The Depths Of Doubt (Faith Has The Victory)

Here in the depths of doubt
Here in the darkness and pain
To my Savior I cry out
And I do not cry out in vain

He promises that He will hear me
And in His word I can trust
I draw close and He draws near me
Even though I am but dust

In the depths of doubt
Grace is deeper still
So we raise a shout
As He works His will
According to his purpose
According to His plan
The sin that would usurp us
Is defeated once again.

Here in the depths of doubt
Fear bends a submissive knee
My unbelief is cast out
And faith has the victory

Jesus will answer my prayer
He does it time and again
When I call out He is there
He turns my loss to gain.

In the depths of doubt
Grace is deeper still
So we raise a shout
As He works His will
According to his purpose
According to His plan
The sin that would usurp us
Is defeated once again.

Here in the depths of doubt
Fear bends a submissive knee
My unbelief is cast out
And faith has the victory
And faith has the victory

Anthony Foster
October 9, 2020

The Long Road with Jesus

We hit the road together not knowing

Just what direction we’d both end up going

But God called us out - we know that for sure

And He’s proven to us that in Him we’ll endure

Together we needed such different graces

He brought us together from different places

We Two He intended to make into one

And what He had in mind is what He has done.

We’ve walked many a mile on this long road with Jesus

You and me and  our faithful friend

And no matter how  anyone else sees us

We’ll make it with Him to the end.

Each step in the daylight and the stumbling dark

So many these miles have worn on us its marks

With quite a few detours  along the way

We were never forsaken even when we strayed

So often we were going without knowing

But Jesus persisted  in the grace He was showing

So often we wanted to lay down our load

But then mercy’s markers led us on that road.

We’ve walked many a mile on this long road with Jesus

You and me and  our faithful friend

And no matter how  anyone else sees us

We’ll make it with Him to the end.

Anthony Foster

October 6, 2020

The Deep, Deep Wells of Mercy

There are waters that will engulf you
And take you to sin’s miry depths
Drowning  in floods of  futility
They’ll take away  your final breath

But there is Water for the weary
And Streams for saddened souls
A Fountain founded for the fearful
As the righteous river rolls

Oh the deep, deep wells of mercy
Into the living waters sink
Leave behind the broken cisterns
From the wells of mercy drink

Christ is the source of life eternal
For we know He is the living water
If you would Never thirst again
Draw from its depths you sons and daughters

Drinking from the well of Jesus
A  fountain springs up in your soul
Rivers of living water
Out of your heart will flow

Oh the deep deep wells of mercy
With living water welling up
I will drink from its depths in this desert
For He will freely fill salvations’ cup

Anthony Foster
October 3, 2020