Kept

All that I have I have received

Even the faith to believe 

The hope by which I set my sights 

Comes down from the Father of lights.

I have no boast, I have no claim 

On any power to meet my aim 

But what’s required God will provide

Till Christ will draw me to His side

What do I have that I was not given?

What gift of Grace that’s not from heaven? 

I’m not my own- I am blood bought

And my keeper knows my every thought. 

And every time I take a breath

I am preserved from very death. 

All that I see,  all that I am 

Is subject to my Keeper’s plan

Chorus 

You never slumber you never sleep

My going out and coming in You keep

I am held fast forever, I’ll not be afraid

You are my keeper you are my shade

Both in my first and second birth 

I did not contribute stuff of worth 

Nothing within me caused God’s choice

This I will reckon- and rejoice! 

Now deep is calling unto deep 

For my sin-sick soul Jesus shall keep.

My pondering must surely cease 

As I instead fall on my knees 

Yes I’ll bow down and I’ll accept

That all my life I have been kept 

God will preserve me through this life

Through every danger toil and strife

All I’m spared from I cannot know. 

As I sojourn this world below. 

My deliverer shall vouchsafe me 

Thru death into eternity.

Repeat Chorus twice

Psalm 121; Acts 20:28

Jude 1:24;John 10:28-29

June 26, 2026 

Anthony Foster