We Will Magnify Our Glorious Savior

We will magnify our glorious Savior

Come Again

You came in weakness, unhonored 

Unnoticed and scarcely known

You came and you were not received

Rejected by your very own

You will come again in strength 

And royal dignity

With the hosts of heaven

Your angelic army

To be worshipped by all peoples

Worshipped and recognized

Lord stir my heart with gratitude

And awe as glory fills the skies

May my faith be wholehearted

May my heart be wise and bold

Like the shepherds and the wise me

May we make your good news told

Help us love and serve you

All our lives for all our days

Or serve you till you come again

Make glorious your praise

December 27, 2022

Anthony Foster

God of God

God of God

Placed in the virgin’s womb

So that we might see the face of God

God of God

Come to make an empty tomb

Put on flesh to wield a staff and Rod

Come shed your glory abroad!

God of God

Light of Light eternal

Lo he does not shun the virgin’s womb

Son of the Father, begotten, not created

Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

God of God

Come to secure the devil’s doom

And reveal this world’s façade.

God of God

In our hearts make a holy room

Where we may sup with our God

Come shed your glory abroad!

God of God

Light of Light eternal

Lo he does not shun the virgin’s womb

Son of the Father, begotten, not created

Oh come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!

December 25, 2022

Anthony Foster

 

The Least, The Last, The Lost

My Lord came down 

To a little town

The least of Judah’s clans

In the least of these

His brothers He sees

And with them He shall stand

My Lord came down 

To those of no renown

And the first He declared last

For the last in line

He seeks and will find

The shunned and the outcast.

My Lord came down

Laid aside His crown

Came to seek and save the lost

He humbled himself

Put aside His wealth

And was obedient to death on a cross

For the least, the last, the lost

He paid redemption’s cost

The humble and contrite

Heart  will walk in the light

When from death to life they’ve crossed 

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The incarnation’s price-Is a final sacrifice

But the cross will yield a crown.

When mercy and grace-Shall reign in this place

Then the prisoners are unbound

The least and the worst-And the last shall be first

And the lost will then be found

For the least, the last, the lost

He paid redemption’s cost

The humble and contrite

Heart  will walk in the light

When from death to life they’ve crossed 

December 24, 2022

Anthony Foster

One

We are one flock with One Shepherd.

We are one kingdom with one King.

We are one set of branches on one Vine.

And we are perfected by One offering!

We are one family with one Father.

We are one building with one Foundation.

We are one body with one Head

God is One and One God for the Nations

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Because Christ is in God and Christ is in Us

We are one with the Father and in this we trust

There is One Lord, one faith, and one baptism

One God and Father of All

There is one body and there is one Spirit — 

There is  one hope that belongs to your call

Eph 4:4-5; Hebrews 10:14

December 22, 2022

Anthony Foster

Answer His Call

Trust in His timing-Believe His salvation

Rest in His presence-Abide in His Word

Rejoice in His goodness-Rely on His promises

Listen for His whispers-Of Truth you have heard.

He is our sure cure

He makes us endure

Our future’s secure

Answer His call

He is our providence

He is our confidence

He is our recompense

He is our All in All

Wait on His answers Ask for His mercies

Seek His forgiveness Walk in  His way

Love now his discipline Adhere to His precepts

Obey His commandments, For His  Grace pray

For His sheep hear his voice and will follow

There is no other choice but to follow

For following means freedom on the glorious path

Free from our selves and free from the wrath.

Free from the things we leave behind

Set free indeed a new future to find…

He is our sure cure

He makes us endure

Our future’s secure

Answer His call

He is our providence

He is our confidence

He is our recompense

He is our All in All

Answer His call!

He is our All in All

December 16, 2022

Anthony Foster

We Come to You

All our requests and all of our burdens

We bring to You

Many things we wish our hearts knew for certain

So we come to You

Comfort us as only You can

Lift us up and help us to stand

Uphold us with Your mighty hand

We come to You oh Lord!

All of our suffering and our shame

We bring to You 

You meet us there in the midst of our pain

When we come to You

Heal us as only You can heal

Show us what only You can reveal

Show us the way that this world would conceal

We come to You oh Lord!

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We come to You

For only You have the life giving words

We come to You

For only You bear the truth to be heard

We come to You

Lord take us unto Your side

To live and to move and in You to abide

All our transgressions we come to repent

We come to You

For You bear sorrows, You hear our lament

We come to You

Forgive us as only You can forgive

Have mercy upon us and help us to live

Give us the grace that only You can give

We come to You oh Lord

We come to You oh Lord

We come to You oh Lord!

John 6:68

December 14, 2022

Anthony Foster

Christ Alone

The fellowship of suffering we enter in

For he alone was wounded deeply for our sins

He was crushed by Father for our iniquities

He bore our grief, carried our sorrows  and disease

By His wounds we are surely healed

When to His way we truly yield

The mystery of misery’s laid bare

And so we find the selfless Savior there

 

Christ alone still  bears the wounded hands  that heal us

Christ alone bore the penalty for all our crimes

Christ alone works all things together for our good

Christ alone is our stronghold in troubling times

In seasons of true suffering

The reasons for the sufferings

The realities the trials have revealed

May show a deeper trouble to be healed

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When you pass through the waters, Christ will be with you; 

and when you pass through mighty rivers, you will not drown

When you walk through the fire, you will not be phased 

The flames will not burn you up or set you ablaze 

Christ alone still  bears the wounded hands  that heal us

Christ alone bore the penalty for all our crimes

Christ alone works all things together for our good

Christ alone is our stronghold in troubling times

Isaiah 43:2

December 14, 2022

Anthony Foster

Convict Us, Afflict Us

Blessed is the man that God reproves

In discipline His love’s revealed

He surely wounds but He binds up

He shatters but His hand heals!

Convict us, reprove us

This is our living sacrifice

Rebuke us, Afflict us

For it makes us more like Christ

For it will make us more like Christ

For our good and our holiness

His stead fast love will never cease

It yields a harvest of Righteousness

It yields a harvest of His peace.

Convict us, reprove us

This is our living sacrifice

If it makes us more like Christ

Rebuke us, Afflict us

For it makes us more like Christ

For it will make us more like Christ

Job 5:17-21

Hebrews 4:12-11

December 13, 2022

Anthony Foster

The Gifts of Grace

The blessings of God’s Providence

 Provide the steadfast evidence

Raise  attitudes of gratitude 

With eyes of faith God’s grace is viewed

We take the credit for  our gains 

We take for granted what’s attained

To see what you alone provide

Lord, Take away our haughty  pride!

So now shake off the fearful guilt

Forsake the sands on which we’ve built

So realize the gifts of grace

Christ’s pardoning voice and embrace

As through our afflictions  and trials

We may pass for this little while

His truth in fresh ways He will speak

When we are meek and we are weak

He shows us what He is for us

When we walk by true faith and trust

Until it's deeply  understood 

That God is good, He is so good!

So now shake off the fearful guilt

Forsake the sands on which we’ve built

So realize the gifts of grace

Christ’s pardoning voice and embrace

December 13, 2022

Anthony Foster

Lover of the Lowly

Lover of the lowly, mighty, wise and holy

You regard the humble and bring low the proud

Let our speech and anger come Slowly

A humble and contrite heart you’ll not cast out

Lover of the lowly we cling to you solely

All we are and ever hope to be

Is bound up in you as you possess us wholly

There is nothing we can do to be holy

Though Christ was rich He became poor

So that we in His poverty 

Might become rich and prosperous

Se we know our  God is for us

To the praise of His glory

Open our eyes that we may see!

Lover of the humble, hold us as we stumble

We are never greater than when we bow our knee

Rebuke us when we’re haughty, Convict us when we grumble

Take away our pride and set us captives free

Though Christ was rich He became poor

So that we in His poverty 

Might become rich and prosperous

So we know our  God is for us

To the praise of His glory

Open our eyes that we may see!

James 1:19, 4:6

2 Cor 8:9

December 13, 2022

We Delight in You

We delight in you oh beautiful savior

We delight in your purchase of our souls

We delight that your obedience  reconciles

We delight in the Word that makes us wise and whole

But most of all Yes most of all

We delight in you We delight in You

We delight in You Our God

We delight in you

For you are faithful and true

We delight in You Our God

Overwhelming delight is in your salvation

We delight that you have conquered sin and death 

We delight in your daily deliverance

Help us express our delight with every breath

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We run joyfully to you

As your love we learn to treasure

We delight to hear your voice anew

It pleases you that we find pleasure

We delight that we are kept in the beloved

We delight in your great show of righteousness

In the lifting of your Son it was demonstrated

We delight in the wonders of your blessedness

But most of all Yes most of all

We delight in you We delight in You

We delight in You Our God

We delight in you

For you are faithful and true

We delight in You Our God

December 10, 2022

Anthony Foster

 

Shake It Off

Take off the old man’s rags that you’ve been wearing

Put on the new man’s robes of righteousness

Cast of the guilt and shame that you’ve been bearing

Reckoning the truth that you confess.

Shake it off, shake it off

Shake off the burden you weren’t meant to bear

Take it off, take it off 

Shake off the spirit the spirit of despair  

Put on the crown of beauty and the garment of praise

Put away the ashes and stop your mournful gaze

Don’t live beneath your privilege  today

Take off the filthy rags of your self righteousness

Put on the holy armor, sword and shield

Put away your former life and that unholy mess

Put on Christ and take the battlefield!

Shake it off, shake it off

Shake off the burden you weren’t meant to bear

Take it off, take it off 

Shake off the spirit the spirit of despair  

Put on the crown of beauty and the garment of praise

Put away the ashes and stop your mournful gaze

Don’t live beneath your privilege  today

Isaiah 61:3; Col 3:12; 

December 10, 2022

Anthony Foster

Wounded Worship (Lamentation)

Our lamentations weave garments of praise

Our visceral groanings the Spirit relays

When in utter dependence we fall on our face 

When our groanings are given to the God of all grace

An eternal weight of glory will one day be ours

But they weigh so heavy in the troublesome hours

When the wounded worship it is without guile

Christ is with us there all the while

To mourn with joy over what was — 

and gladly receive what is now and will be.

This is the mournful mystery

The wounded worship that sets us free

In the righteousness of Calvary.

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When pain brings crisis and death brings loss  

Can all be offered up there at the cross

When we are fallen on our face

Our suffering souls cast headlong on grace

When devastated dreams are drawn

When friends forsake us and are gone

In affliction we learn His decrees 

Freed from the bondage of comfort and ease.

In mourning and woe To bitterly weep

For the pain of a people as Sin’s harvest they reap

The God of consolation meets us on our knees

Consoles our souls and then our soul frees

To mourn with joy over what was — 

and gladly receive what is now and will be.

This is the mournful mystery

The wounded worship that sets us free

In the righteousness of Calvary.

Ps 119:71

2 Cor 4:17

December 11, 2022

Anthony Foster

 

The Law of Love

This is the Truth for which you’ve sought

He is the one whom your soul has bought

Now grace will always be enough

For we live under His Law of Love.

The law of love will surely show the way

As we keep it we are kept by it day by day

We are compelled by gratitude

By the  power of His Grace sustained

Let this be our attitude

To live is Christ to die is gain 

So we are free, free indeed

By His sacrifice we are freed.

Now on Earth as in Heaven above

We live under His Law of Love.

The law of love will surely show the way

If we keep it we are kept by it day by day

We are compelled by gratitude

By the  power of His Grace sustaines

Let this be our attitude

To live is Christ to die is gain 

No greater love have we ever known

Than the Love of Christ that He has shown

His love the solution and the source thereof

So we come to learn the law of Love

Lord let us live the Law of Love

Lord let us live the Law of Love.

So we are free, free indeed

By His sacrifice we are freed.

Now on Earth as in Heaven above

We live under His Law of Love.

December 7, 2022

Anthony Foster

 

Hear the Voice of Jesus

Hear the voice of Jesus-listen close to hear

For His sheep hear His voice- They follow and draw near.

Hear the voice of Jesus oe’r the din he shouts

All the noise of this world can never drown Him out

For lo He speaks of Judgment And  then He speaks of peace

A rod of woe for His enemies And a key for the captive’s release

This is the voice that will raise the dead

That drew the lame man from his bed

This is the voice that rebukes Sin

But you’ll never hear Him say “It is Finished” again.

For lo He speaks of Judgment And  then He speaks of peace

A rod of woe for His enemies And a key for the captive’s release

Hear the voice of Jesus Speaking woe to men

His love they have rejected- and would rather love their sin

Hear the voice of Jesus Hear and heed His call

Feel the Father draw you To yield to Him your all.

For lo He speaks of Judgment And  then He speaks of peace

A rod of woe for His enemies And a key for the captive’s release

December 8, 2022

Anthony Foster