Day
21 Sweet Harmony-07:02:03
One Lord, one body,
one purpose One Father, one Spirit, one love One faith, one baptism, one
hope One life everlasting above.
We have these things
in common If we are found in Christ the Lord Blessed be the tie that binds
our hearts Different voices singing in sweet accord
So let us now through
the Spirit Partake of the fruits of unity So through the bond of peace
Our voices sing in perfect harmony
Lift up your heads and
see the glory Let the unbroken circle enfold Within this body of Jesus
Christ Held fast by the ties that shall hold
We can walk arm in arm
without seeing eye to eye Kindred spirits agree to disagree If we run
the race in lockstep we may never hope to fly We can pursue one purpose
when we see
We have these things
in common If we are found in Christ the Lord Blessed be the tie that binds
our hearts Different voices singing in sweet accord
Anthony Foster February
7, 2003
Day
Twenty Peacemakers-06:02:03
Peacemakers, peacemakers
you will be blessed You will be called the children of God Peacemakers,
peacemakers, enter your rest- Endure the test For peace is a mighty rod
in the hands of God
To never cease to live
in peace To seek to live in one accord Make the first move If you will
prove The perfect will of the Lord
To be Restored, renewed
and reconciled To one another is Godıs will for each child.
Peacemakers, peacemakers
you will be blessed You will be called sons of God Peacemakers, peacemakers,
enter your rest- Endure the test For peace is a mighty rod in the hands
of God
To never cease to live
in peace To seek to live in one accord Make the first move If you will
prove The perfect will of the Lord
Anthony Foster Feb 6,
2003
Day
Nineteen Plough the Fields -05:02:03
The blade sinks deep
into the soil To prepare the fallow ground As we open up our secret place
Where our real selves are to be found
As we plant into each
othersı soil As this garden we prepare The seeds we plant will bring forth
life And a harvest we can share.
As we nurture all the
seedlings As we tend and dress the field As we prune and weed the garden
Of our shared lives we will yield
The mystery of community
As a crop of companions we raise As we cultivate commitment And we learn
the meaning of grace
Together weıre more that
we can be More than the sum of our parts We count the cost of communion
And the intimate union of our hearts
As we nurture all the
seedlings As we tend and dress the field As we prune and weed the garden
Of our shared lives we will yield
The mystery of community
As a crop of companions we raise As we cultivate commitment And we learn
the meaning of grace.
Anthony Foster February
5, 2003
Day
18 The Fellowship of His Suffering -04:02:03
We
would own your cause We would shout Your name We would never pause As
Christ we proclaim We must fight the fight Then, If we would reign. And
To light the light We become the flame
Comfort
pleasure ease Power pride and fame On such things as these We can lay
no claim We release our grip On our humble offering In the fellowship
Of his suffering.
This
world is no friend to grace To wish us Godspeed in the race. As onward
toward the mark we press Until in Christ we take our rest.
In
this place of grace In all things we share As we seek His face We must
serve and care For His mercies sake Neath His sheltıring wing In the
fellowship Of His suffering
Anthony
Foster February 4, 2003
Day
17 One Anotherness-03:02:03
We are called to belong
and not just believe Called to contribute and not just receive So find
the joy of one anotherness We belong to each other to love and to bless.
May we be one Just as
the Lord is One Jesus abide within us As the Father's in the Son So that
the world may know Just what God has done Make us one Just as God is one.
One Lord, One Faith
and one Baptism One God and Father of All Who is above and through An
reigning in you all.
May we be one Just as
the Lord is One Jesus abide within us As the Father's in the Son So that
the world may know Just what God has done Make us one Just as God is one.
Make us one Just as God is one.
Anthony Foster - February
3, 2003 Eph 4:5-6
Day
Sixteen: The Life Of The Vine -02:02:03
The fruit of the vine
must not remain forever on the vine It must be crushed and trampled to
make refreshing wine. The olive on the branch is plucked and in the vise
is pressed To make the oil of gladness it must become distressed.
The seed of nard is gathered
and crushed to release Its fragrance to be sensed my men it's former life
must cease The grain is harvested and ground in mills for wheat To make
a pure and sifted flour to bake good bread to eat.
The fig must in its season
be pruned and cut away Else it will never bear good fruit or see its fruit
displayed The tree must be cut down to make a cross of wood Else all the
world would die like it- it's death would do us good.
For living we die and
dying we live All that is given is for us to give Buried we're raised
up if we only believe Because of the life of the vine For in dying we
live and in living we die Upon that cross with the one crucified Present
ourselves a living sacrifice Because of the life of the vine
This is life's purpose
the reason God gave We're born to be used up so others are saved We can
nurture each other because He forgave Part of the chain of life divine
This mysterious life on the vine.
Anthony Foster February
2, 2003
Eye
to Eye : 02:02:03
Have your eyes met Jesus'
eyes and have you come undone? Jesus knows that we are dust And He's known
it all along.
Eye to eye with Jesus
See your savior is your friend Eye to eye with Jesus Clean before Him
now you stand. Eye to eye with Jesus And so let His will be done For your
heart beats after His And your desires become one.
So stand up to your fullest
height Beside the crucified one Humility is what he requires For we are
weak but he is strong And weakness is where He works at length He works
in our weakness Not in our strength.
Eye to eye with Jesus
See your savior is your friendEye
to eye with Jesus Clean before Him now you stand. Eye to eye with Jesus
And so let His will be done For your heart beats after His And your desires
become one.
Anthony Foster February
2, 2003
Love
is Surrender
All lovesongs are sung
sweetly and most have a hollow ring Cause what the world calls love, It
don't really mean a thing. I remember one old song that I sang when a
kid And it means the same thing to this day that it once did
It took this long for
me to learn it Cause I first had to learn to sing The lesson wasn't learned
too well Though I heard it lingering.
Love is surrender Love
is surrender Love is surrender to His will Love is surrender to His will..
Love will remain though
you lay your life down Yeah love is surrrender and love is a crown And
crowns are best cast down at Jesus's feet They're treasure in heaven when
life is complete.
Faith hope and love-
these three will remain But the greatest is love cause your loss is your
gain Now love is not easy and it's not what they say And love isn't love
till you give it away It took this long for me to learn it Cause I first
had to learn to sing The lesson wasn't learned too well Though I heard
it lingering.
Love is surrender Love
is surrender Love is surrender to His will Love is surrender to His will..
Anthony Foster February
2, 2003
Day
15 : Spirit of Adoption
The Spirit cries out
Abba Father! Once from the cross And now from our hearts The Spirit cries
out Abba Father Spirit of God's Son Abide in our innermost parts!
You opened the door
into grace And made us a standing place Spirit of Sonship, conform us
anew Our firstborn brother- we want to look like You!
Behold what manner of
Love That we are called God's Sons By the Spirit of Adoption We are the
favored ones
Abba Father- we cry out
Abba Father- on you fall Abba Father- We shall shout On your name we call
Behold what manner of
Love That we are called God's Sons By the Spirit of Adoption We are the
favored ones
Anthony Foster February
1, 2003
Day
Fifteen: We will Inherit the Kingdom
Praise be to the God
and Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ Who by His mercy gives new birth Into
a hope that is alive.
Now through the resurrection
Of Jesus from the dead Into an inheritance That never spoils or fades.
Kept safe in heaven
for you Who through faith have a shield By God's power till salvation
That is this last time is revealed
We will inherit the
Kingdom! In this we greatly rejoice! We will inherit the Kingdom We're
God's children by God's choice
Once we were orphans
Now we are sons With all the privileges Of God's chosen ones!
We will inherit the
Kingdom! In this we greatly rejoice! We will inherit the Kingdom We're
God's children by God's choice
We will inherit the Kingdom!
In this we greatly rejoice! We will inherit the Kingdom We're God's children
by God's choice
Anthony Foster February
1, 2003
Day
15: Known By Love
A seed can't grow til
its laid in the ground It's who we're becoming as we lay our lives down
It what we take with us when we leave this place And love is a willing
surrender to grace
And we are known by
Love If we bear His name And we show by Love We are not the same As the
world knows well For this mark will tell Known by Love and His Love is
a Light to the world.
When we lay our life
down, when we give it away It can be all at once or day unto day Moment
by moment may be the greatest test However we give it's however we're
blessed.
When we give up our
time we gain eternity Treasure in heaven in exchange for what we see.
And this is the mark of the life that's well lived They'll know us by
love and not what we believed.
If this then is the
mark by which we are known What is the evidence that you and I have shown?
So are we known by Love?
If we bear His name And we show by Love We are not the same As the world
knows well For this mark will tell Known by Love and His Love is a Light
to the world.
Anthony Foster February
1, 2003
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