Simple Song

In the morning when I rise

I will lift my waking eyes

And set my mind on things above

I will rest my soul on love

In the days of laboring

In my spirit I will sing

Whether it be early or late

On your word I’ll meditate

What ever is true and noble

Whatever is right and pure

Whatever is lovely or admirable

I will set my mind on what endures

If there be anything that is excellent

If there be things worthy of praise

I will trust and I will be silent

I will think on these all of my days.

After all my work is done

Still to you my heart shall run

May my words and all my deeds

Please the one who meets my needs

When I am on my bed

When to rest I lay my head

Searching where my heart has been

I will tremble and not sin

Bridge:

Each day in Your Word I’m reminded

We’re created to live as we should

I want to be so heavenly minded
So I can be the most earthly good

What ever is true and noble

Whatever is right and pure

Whatever is lovely or admirable

I will set my mind on what endures

If there be anything that is excellent

If there be things worthy of praise

I will trust and I will be silent

I will think on these all of my days.

Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:8; Psalm 1:2; Psalm 4:4; Psalm 19:14

October 3, 2019

Anthony Foster

Knowing You, Oh Lord

In you all that is good and true

And beautiful resides

In you alone all things consist

In you real life abides

Oh holy love and light of light

Come make your glory known

Come rend the veils that hide our eyes

Till we see you alone.

There is no greater blessing than knowing you oh Lord

Knowing You oh Lord no blessing can replace

There is no place where we can go for we cannot afford

To turn from you to go and seek our ways

There is no satisfaction like your grace

For in you we live

In you we move

In you we find our being

In you we are approved

In you we find our joy and peace

In you we find our rest

In you alone we have our hope

You are our righteousness

There is no greater blessing than knowing you oh Lord

Knowing You oh Lord no blessing can replace

There is no place where we can go for we cannot afford

To turn from you to go and seek our ways

There is no satisfaction like your grace

October 2, 2019

Anthony Foster

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