September 4 , 2006 Falling in Kentucky

The pumpkins are coming at the Foster farm... the deer have ruined a few, but with several thousands in the fields, it should be OK.
   
A bit puny, but there is plenty of corn on the way.
A sure sign that Fall is in the air in Kentucky...

Throne of Lovingkindness

To boldly come before your throne we dare…
And not just up in heaven, Lord, you reign everywhere
You grace us with your presence Lord this is our desire
To dwell with you in reverence, rest within your holy fire

You come to us so sweetly yet all you touch you change
You transform us completely until only Christ remains
The word you write within our heart-Renews our souls and minds
You give us light so we can seek and those who seek will find

We bring praises and glory and honor and power
To yield unto the Lord alone
Lovingkindness is a strong tower
Lovingkindness is found at your throne.

When we seek you we will find the way to come into your presence
There forever to dwell in righteousness and reverence
Your joy in us is made complete
When we approach your mercy seat
And all we ever hoped for, there we find.
For you are loving and kind

Your loving kindness
It rules as we confess
All our hopes and our schemes
Our most daring dreams
We trade now for your best
Your loving kindness rules
Over all your children and all of us fools
Those who abandon all to answer your call
For in abandonment we are blessed.

September 3, 2006
Anthony Foster


Grace to Believe

As in the beginning so it will be unto the end
You are our maker and our redeemer , you are our friend.
Though we hated you when we were dead in all our sin
Still you came for us, saved us so we could begin again.

Perfected in holy trust
Transform this lowly dust
Turn our fallow minds into ones that can believe
You give the grace to believe
Open our eyes to see
And you give us your mercy to receive

You’ve chosen to make us just
Declaring us righteous when we trust
And this power to trust is only from your hand
For dead men may not believe
There is no way they can receive
And the master’s call they cannot understand.

Perfected in holy trust
Transform this lowly dust
Turn our fallow minds into ones that can believe
You give the grace to believe
Open our eyes to see
And you give us your mercy to receive

September 4, 2006
Anthony Foster

Sovereign King of our Souls

You are Lord of the willing and wanting
The source of "Whosoever will"
Lord we see in your light
By the power of your might
In believing you are sovereign still.

You are Lord of our righteous repentance
You alone know the elect
Those who are placed in the Beloved
Those who’re called by your name you protect.

Lord of our choices
Lord of our will
We lift out voices
As our hearts you fill
Lord of redemption
Lord over all
Oh Lord of hosts
Save to the uttermost
On your name we call!

For you have created our hearts and our minds
The power to reason and sight for the blind
Now seeing, we seek you
So you know we will find
Find the sovereign King of our souls
Be the sovereign king of our souls!

Whether we live or whether we die
Whether we fall down or whether we fly
When it comes down to choices, it’s not you or I
Who is ultimately in control
But the sovereign King of our souls.

Anthony Foster
September 4, 2006


Light of the Unseen

Make yourself real to us
Lord reveal to us
The splendor of your glory in this night..
You chose us
Now enclose us
In the sweet embrace of your arms in the light.

For in God we trust
To make us just
So take this dust and form us by your hand
And so bye and bye
As on your will we rely
We may have assurance that we understand.

Lord form us and conform us to the image of your Son
Until we attain to what you created us to be
Grow us and show us and when your work is done
You will fit us for your presence for our eternity

.Light of the heavens light up this earth
Light of the World, show us your worth
Light up our darkness so we can see
Light of the unseen help us to reckon reality.

Place your light within us and we shall shine
No way to hide when we're indwelt by the divine
We'll rise in the heavens and show like the sun
Your glory's reflection in us has begun

September 3, 2006
Anthony Foster


The Lord Knows Best

What you give us overflows our cup
You are blessed in what your wisdom denies
Those you love you have lifted up
And those you love you will chastise.
For you alone are good and wise.

Over every circumstance
You are sovereign of our soul
There is nothing left to chance
All is under your control.

Whether life or death
Both are a gift from your right hand
Every move and every breath
You provide, prevent or planned.

When you give you are so good to us
When you take away You are wise
As you give and take Lord help us trust
Help us see life through your eyes.

You are good in what you give
You are good in what you take
Blessed be your name if we should live
And if we die before we wake
Let us live or die for your sake.

Blessed be your name
May the name of the Lord be blessed
Blessed be your name
For the Lord always knows best.

Anthony Foster
September 3, 2006


Our Guide

As we wander this weary world
You will be our guide
We are not left without a clue
You will be our guide
If we turn our eyes to Jesus,
If we keep our eyes fixed on Him
He guides us as he frees us,
every heart that relies on Him.

We were aliens and strangers sojourning in this land
He will guide us past the dangers if we follow His command
Though we were weak and weary on our journey he'll defend
And deliver from the world so dark and dreary
Though we roam His home will be our end

What a glory, what a gift
We are grateful we are blessed
Every downcast heart you'll lift
The weary will find rest
With the lonely you'll abide
To the weak you will give strength
To the stranger you'll be a guide
You will take us home at length.

Anthony Foster
September 1, 2006


Savor His Sufficiency

Taste and see, Taste and see,
Savor his sufficiency
Our meat and bread till we are dead
Then through all eternity
Taste and see, Taste and see,
Delight in this holy delicacy
Come and drink and eat and be made complete
He'll fulfill your deepest need!

Bring your hunger and thirst
Bring your best and your worst
In His presence there is no need.
Nothing missing, nothing lacking, nothing unfulfilled
Every groaning spirit quieted, every striving heart is stilled.

Is it true, is it true, Lord if I believe in you
You will wash away my sin and set me free?
Lord I do I believe
Lord Your promise I receive
Lord I do so make me new
I believe your word is true
I will walk with you through all eternity.

Anthony Foster
September 5, 2006


Enduring Forever

We are undone,
Beginning and end
Worshipping the Holy One
Beginning and end
Ancient of Days
Holy Holy Holy is His name
Worthy of all praise
From age to age the same.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
Enter His courts with praise
Be grateful to him and bless his name
For he is good in all His ways.
His Love endures forever
His mercy is forever
His kindness is forever
His grace endures forever.
Enduring forever…
We are complete,
Made perfect as we bow at His feet
All sufficiency is in His feast
He is our portion and our peace.

Anthony Foster
September 4, 2006

The Ground of Grace

Day by day, step by step
All the way we are kept
As we follow to the end
A holy mountain we ascend

Take us to that sacred place
Where we enjoy your embrace
Where we shall see you face to face
We are going to the ground of grace.

Year by year we journey on
This path where saints of old have gone
Onward to the mark we press
Till we find our place of rest
Where our possessions we possess
When we find our place of Rest.

In this promised land we will understand
How our loss is gain, Christ will make it plain.
As we love and move, He'll delight to prove
That all things consist in His life and gift

Take us to that sacred place
Where we enjoy your embrace
Where we shall see you face to face
We are going to the ground of grace.

Anthony Foster
September 3, 2006


Firefall

In these days may we begin to call on the name… of the Lord
In these days put aside our sin and call upon the name
We dare to declare your fame!

As on the name of the Lord we call
Fire from heaven will surely fall
To burn up all of our selfish pride
Come to dwell and to abide!

When God is exalted
When we lift up his name
True worship will change us
We'll never be the same
Transformed and renewed
The bread of life will be our food
And our hungering will never cease
Our deepest desires will increase
As we exalt you we will exult
Taste and see that the Lord is good.

All in all, be my
All in all, we cry
All in all,
All the depth and heights
All the sounds and sights
Are found in you alone
Let your fire fall!

All in all- our joy
All in all destroy
Every good thing that
Would distract
If we have unclean desire
Consume it in your holy fire
Every blessing that would hold us back
From abandoning our very souls
Until our one desire
Is that you are exalted as all in all.

Anthony Foster
September 3, 2006


Take it Away

Deprive us of our desires if they keep us from your way
Destroy them in your holy fire
And renew our minds we pray.
Judge the fullness of our soul ad cleanse us from our sin
Break our spirit make us whole
As on you we depend
Take away, take away,
All the idols with which we play
The substitutes we would refute
Make yourself real to us
Lord reveal to us your true and living way.
Take it away, and put it away
Where we can reach them no more
For reaching requires an illicit desire
Unless I 'm reaching for my Lord.

Merciful and Mighty
Merciful and Mighty
His mercy marries wisdom with His grace
Merciful and Mighty
Merciful and Mighty
He burns away our dross and gives his best in its place.

His mercy is everlasting
His mercy is without end
His mercy is forever
Age to age we will depend on
This mercy so mysterious
This mercy devastates
This mercy is reserved
for those who don't deserve
His goodness He will demonstrate.

Anthony Foster
September 4, 2006


Oh Glorious One

Strength and shield and mighty tower
All strength and honor and power
All these excellencies to you alone belong
You are light ceasing never
Our portion forever
To you we will lift our praise in song…

Oh Glorious One forevermore
Oh Glorious One we will adore
All this little flock that you have made your own.
Oh Glorious One in you we share
Oh Glorious One we shall declare
All the glory belongs to You alone.

Wisdom praise and might Honor in our sight
We exult in your presence in this place
We exalt and magnify you
Worship seek and glorify you
You are pleased as we dare to seek your face

The fame of your name is forevermore
Your name we proclaim
From age to age the same
Your name we proclaim, come quickly lord
Receive our praise!

Oh Glorious One forevermore
Oh Glorious One we will adore
All this little flock that you have made your own.
Oh Glorious One in you we share
Oh Glorious One we shall declare
All the glory belongs to You alone.

Anthony Foster
September 3, 2006

When We Answer Your Call

When you call, when you call,
We will fall and bring our all in all
We will see just how free
We can be when we answer your call.
When we trust, you call us just
And then we must walk worthy of your call
Walk in the light for we have been made right
Lord your work, it has redeemed us from the fall.
You redeem us when we answer your call.
When you call we will answer
Lord we hear and we respond
For to hear you is to obey
You will take us far beyond
Any bounds, any limits
Any distant dream we've dreamed
For your call will lead us upward
On the route of the redeemed.
Ever upward, ever onward
Walking worthy of the call's demand
Set apart to do your bidding
According to your plan.

Anthony Foster
September 8, 2006

Send Revival

You rend the heavens and come down
And everything is changed
Lord pour out your power on our town
And strongholds won't remain.
So send revival,
Send repentance
Send your vision
Send deliverance
Send conviction
By your Spirit, Lord
We humble ourselves and pray
That Lord, we will see the day
Of transformation
Of our nation
Begin with us here we pray!
Send revival
Send repentance
Send conviction
Send deliverance
Do not relent
Till we repent
For those you love you will chastise
Lord let us see our times through your eyes
Drop us to our knees
As we come to understand
Lord send revival in our land
We bow our heads
We raise your name
When revival come
We'll never be the same
We trust you for the change
Your cleansing brings
Revival power changes everything.

Anthony Foster
September 7, 2006

Come Quickly, Lord!

Come Quickly, Lord!
Come Quickly, Lord!
Come to the place where you are adored
Come Quickly, Lord!
Waiting for the day
When our Lord returns
Come Quickly, Lord we pray
Till then our hearts will yearn
We hunger and thirst for you
Afflicted and accursed for you
In this world where we
Suffer and bleed and die
Till redemption draws nigh!
Come Quickly, Lord!
Come Quickly, Lord!
Come to the place where you are adored
Come Quickly, Lord!
Come Quickly, Lord!
Come Quickly, Lord!
Come to the place where you are adored
Come Quickly, Lord!

September 6, 2006
Anthony Foster

Give Glory to God

Give Glory to God in the highest
Give Glory to God in the deep
Give Glory to God in rejoicing
Give Glory to God when you weep
Give Glory to God in the darkness
Give Glory to God in the light
Give Glory to God in your weakness
Give Glory to God in your might.
For glory is of and through
And to the mighty King
His glory fills the earth
As of His worth we sing!
Give glory to the lamb upon the throne
For glory belongs to him alone
From glory to glory
God takes us and makes us His own
From glory to glory we shine
Till we sit at his throne
No eye has ever seen
And no ear has ever heard
The things he is working for us
But we find them through his word.
Give Glory to God when you lay down
Give Glory to God when you rise
Give Glory to God while you're living
Give Glory to God when you die

Anthony Foster
September 6, 2006

 

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