Thursday, August 10, 2023

Psalm 23 Canticle



 My Shepherd

The Lord, my Lord is my shepherd

So I shall not want for anything

He leads me and will guide me

And in His fold he will hide me

So of my shepherd I shall sing

Oh the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want

He defends me with His staff and rod

I’ll follow my shepherd for I heed His voice

When He calls I hear the voice of God.

The Lord, The Lord is my shepherd

All my true needs he shall provide

Oh I am one of His chosen sheep

And my life He will always keep

As in his own flock I abide

Bridge

My shepherd guides, my shepherd leads

I’m stirred by his comforting call

Through this world’s dangers he ever intercedes

My keeper, my defense, whatever befalls

Oh the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want

He defends me with His staff and rod

I will follow my shepherd for I heed His voice

When He calls I hear the voice of God.

July 27, 2003

Anthony Foster


Green Pastures, Still Waters


God makes me lie down in pastures of green

Beside still waters He bids me rest

In beautiful places this earth has not seen

Where the waters flow deep I am blessed

So I will lie down and I will slow down

For where He leads me there I will surely go

Here I will remain; His peace I will gain

In this redeeming respite I will know

How still the still waters can come to flow

My heart will repose in this beautiful place

As in His sweet presence I delight

For my master led me there by His grace

Where His flock feeds and all is made right

So I will lie down I will slow down

For where He leads me there I will go

Here I will remain and His peace I will gain

In this redeeming respite I will know

How still the still waters can flow

July 27, 2023

Anthony Foster


Restorer of my Soul


I am broken and weak and poor

But I know one who my soul restores

He is the one who is able

To set forth a delightful table

In the midst of this worldly war

The restorer of my soul

Shall overcome and make me whole

As I dine at His table

He will make me more than able

For my enemies are under His control

I shall hope in the restorer of my soul!

I shall hope in the restorer of my soul!

My soul shall wane and even faint

My enemies may then curse this saint

By His power and His great might

I will fight the good and righteous fight

My Warrior King hears my complaint

The restorer of my soul

Shall overcome and make me whole

As I dine at His table

He will make me more than able

For my enemies are under His control

I shall hope in the restorer of my soul!

I shall hope in the restorer of my soul!

July 27, 2023


For His Name’s Sake.


All we like sheep we have surely gone astray

We’ve gone everyone to our own way

There is one who pursues us every day

I will follow as He leads me on

He leads me in paths of righteousness

For his name's sake, For his name's sake.

He guides me to heaven’s blessedness

For His Name’s sake. For his name's sake.

He directs my ways I’ll not digress

For His Name’s sake. For his name's sake.

I’s be prone to wander but he holds fast

He will never let go and his grip will last

All of my burdens on my Christ I will cast

And will follow as He leads me on

He leads me in paths of righteousness

For his name's sake, For his name's sake.

He guides me to heaven’s blessedness

For His Name’s sake. For his name's sake.

He directs my ways I’ll not digress

For His Name’s sake. For his name's sake.

For His Name’s sake. For his name's sake.

For His Name’s sake. For his name's sake.

July 27, 2023

Anthony Foster


Cup of Annointing


Oh set me apart as holy

Set apart as a ruler and a priest

I would ask to serve you only

Pour your blessing and power is released

Oil of gladness Oil of gladness

Lord anoint this one you chose

Oil of healing Oil of healing

Crush the olive and it flows

You anoint my head with oil

And my cup shall surely overflow

You anoint my head with oil

And my cup it surely overflows.

Lord, I am your tabernacle

Your power in me deploy

Lay me out upon your altar

Pour on me the oil of joy

And now my cup will overflow

Filled and it will overflow

I lift the cup of salvation

And my doubt you’ll overthrow.

You anoint my head with oil

And my cup shall surely overflow

You anoint my head with oil

And my cup it surely overflows.

July 27, 2023

Anthony Foster


Valley of the Shadow


Lord I walk, I will walk that road

Through the valley of death it will go

But I know that you go with me

I will fear no evil here below.

Lord I walk that road so weary

Death hangs heavy on each broken bough

But it’s fearsome fangs are shattered

By the crimson blood stains on your brow.

In the valley of the shadow

I will surely find Christ’s mercy seat.

The serpent has felt your death blow

Satan has seen his sure defeat

Your rod and staff, your staff and rod

Comfort me as falls the night

I walk the pathway with my God

Walk by faith and not by sight

In the valley of the shadow

I will surely find Christ’s mercy seat.

The serpent has felt your death blow

Here Satan has seen his sure defeat

Here Death has seen its sure defeat

Here Shadows fail as life’s complete.

July 27, 2003

Anthony Foster


Goodness and Mercy


Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

You alone are good and from you all good things flow

Lord your goodness is faithful and true

For every good, perfect gift you alone bestow

Your goodness I forever pursue

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

Lord your mercy we shall not, cannot comprehend

Each morning it comes to us anew

And your mercy, Lord, it knows no end

We pray You’ll make us merciful like You

Your goodness and mercy-For these I am thirsty

So like a fountain may goodness and mercy flow

This is what you require let it be my desire

In my life let goodness and mercy show

That the nations may come to know…

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

Surely goodness, surely mercy shall follow me

All the days, all the days of my life…

July 27, 2023

Anthony Foster


Abide (House of the Lord)


Goodness and mercy follow me

To that good place where I shall dwell

I will abide within your courts Lord

For there forever -it is well.

In your courts there is a blessing

In those courts we will find our Lord

There repenting and confessing

Goodness and mercy are outpoured

God’s house is our forever home

Many dwelling places he’s made

There we will know as we are known

We’ll find the glory never fades

The Lord ‘s house is not made of wood

His abode is not made of stone

It stands forever for our good

For the glory of God alone!

God’s house is our forever home

Many dwelling places he’s made

There we will know as we are known

We’ll find the glory never fades.

We’ll find the glory never fades

We’ll find the glory never fades

July 27, 2023

Anthony Foster

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