Absolute Sovereign Almighty Love

The heart of God is inexhaustible

A spring of water that bubbles up love

His faithfulness flows like a mountain stream,

Forever flowing from up above.

For his steadfast love is abounding

And His faithfulness is ever new

The resources of his love are not limited,

Day by day they are faithful and true

Chor: Absolute sovereign almighty love

Limitless in power and totally free

Absolute sovereign almighty love

Entrusted to you and to me.

To fill up our deficiency.

So drink at this flowing spring all day,

Though year after year passes by

To generation after generation,

His spring of Love never runs dry.

God has an infinite treasury

Of lavish love our hunger to feed

It spills over as a gift to us sinners

A flood to cover all of our need.

Chor: Absolute sovereign almighty love

Limitless in power and totally free

Absolute sovereign almighty love

Entrusted to you and to me.

To fill up our deficiency.

Bridge:

For the Lord is a God of mercy

The Lord is a God of Great Grace

Slow to anger, abounding in love

And faithful through the end of our race

Till one day we see Him face to face.

Chor:Absolute sovereign almighty love

Limitless in power and totally free

Absolute sovereign almighty love

Entrusted to you and to me.

To fill up our deficiency.

“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.” (Exodus 34:6)

Anthony Foster

after a John Piper devotional

October 3, 2019

The Blessed Battle

Despite our many toils and dangers
We are still aliens and strangers

The world we live in is not our own

Yet we’re to bloom where we’ve been sown

Though we live in the world the war we wage

Is not as  world does-as nations rage

The battle is waged within our souls

We fight with the weapons the Spirit controls

Chorus:
Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed

Tremble not at this great horde,

For the battle is not yours but the Lords

So as we lift our righteous swords

We know the battle is the Lord’s

The weapons of the world cannot win

Against our own indwelling sin

But resurrection power avails

To overcome where our might fails

The weapons of the world cannot begin

To defeat the monarch of dead men.

But Christ has won the victory

And so from Sin we are set free.

Bridge:
Taking captive every thought

A prisoner of the war  that is fought

Not by power, nor by might,

but by the Spirit we fight the good fight

Chorus:
Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed

Tremble not at this great horde,

For the price is not yours to pay

So as we lift our righteous swords

We know the battle is the Lord’s

Zechariah 4:6 ;2 Chronicles 20:15;2 Cor 10:3-5

Romans 3:1; Peter 2:11; Rom 8:38-39; Eph 2:2; Eph 6:12;Col 2:15

October 2, 2019

Anthony Foster

Bend the Knee (Proskenein)

Surrender to the Righteous One

See your integrity undone

Though bound by self you can be free

But only if you bend the knee.

Before the worthy one bow down

Take up your cross; give Him the crown

Then you shall have the victory

But only when you bend the knee.

Till every knee shall bow And every tongue confess

This world will never know The fruit of righteousness

One day before His throne When prostrate we shall see

We’ll know as we are known ‘Neath Christ’s authority

Give up your weak and poor desires

Embrace the things that Christ requires

Justice, mercy, humility

Are ours if we but bend the knee.

Now set your mind on things above

And bow before His perfect love

The heights of heaven you may see

But only if you bend the knee

Perceive the true reality

With lifted eyes from bended knee

Then you shall have the victory

But only when you bend the knee.

Philippians 2-3

Romans 14

October 2, 2019

Anthony Foster

Before

 Before- the action was over 1/4 inch to start with... and the bridge was lifted to over 3/8 of an inch gap, over a substantial belly bulge in the lower bout.

 There was a bow in the neck... and the tuners were loose.

 The bridge plate was a little shredded... but surprisingly no braces were loose.

So the bridge just popped off in my hand once the bridgepins were removed- no separation required. I made a couple of cauls (from steel electrical gangbox covers) to place on the bridgeplate and the front of the belly, which was 5/16 of an inch out of plane on each side. I moistened the spruce first then heated the cauls in boiling water to about 200 degrees before placing them inside and out- held in place by rare earth magnets- and then clamped with a damp piece of chamois under the cauls.

I applied more heat to the metal cauls with an iron heated to 200 degrees.

 Also applied steam to the area...

 While that was clamped I cleaned and flattened the rosewood bridge.

 After removing the cauls 24 hours later, the belly bulge had diminished  quite a bit- A little bulge is not a bad thing. It went from 5/16 gap one each side to about 3/32 inch or less on each side of the straightedge. Success!

 After adjusting the truss rod the action was further improved as well. No more bow.

 Reapplied the bridge after compensating for the residual bulge.

 Dressed the frets and polished them.

 Removed the nut.

 New bone nut grooved.

 Here is the reattached bridge. Not done yet though.

 Added the new nut.

 Reamed the bridge pin holes as the new bone bridge pins were a bit larger than the plastic ones I removed.

Go to part Two...

After

The new compensated bone bridge had to be thinned down and shortened. Built a jig to get an exact fit on the belt sander. Burning bone smells like the dentist's drill.

 Here is a shot of the new bridge and belly reduction. Wish losing weight was this easy...

Inexpensive  beginner guitar, but now it plays well and  should  be sound for some time to come.

We Proclaim the Glories of our Savior

We place our trust in Christ alone.

We proclaim the One Lord Jesus Christ

He is the final Word of God made known

He is the final sacrifice.

Only begotten Son of God

Begotten before all worlds began

O Very God of Very God

The Light of light and Son of Man

We proclaim the glories of our Savior

We proclaim the risen Lord of righteousness

We proclaim his gifts of undeserved favor

To those whom in resurrection power rest

in Christ alone We place our trust

Alpha, Omega, last and first

Lord of all, Righteous and Just

Savior to all who for Him thirst.

Our hope and refuge is in Christ,

He is our beginning and our end.

There is no other love that has sufficed

He is our keeper and our friend

We proclaim the glories of our Savior

We proclaim the risen Lord of righteousness

We proclaim his gifts of undeserved favor

To those whom in resurrection power rest

Anthony Foster

September 9, 2019