Day
40 Declaration 26:02:03
Who I am and what I am
and how I am to live Is centered in the One who lives abundant life to
give So as I was buried with Him I too arise To live a life aligned with
what my God declares is wise.
So I will live on purpose
My God to glorify Looking neither right nor left As to my self I die I
will seek his kingdom first and live within His light I will breathe the
Spiritıs breath and see with quickened sight
God is God and I am not
So on my face I fall Only by Godıs grace will I be faithful to this call
I will see each moment
An eternal test and trust I will live like I believe That I am more than
dust. I will choose the narrow path I will run the race I will act with
wizened ways The upward call embrace
Iıll disdain the praise
of man Reckon it as loss I will declare my intent To live before the cross
I will live within your word itıs witness I will bear Jealously Iıll guard
itıs truth - itıs worth I will declare
God is God and I am not
So on my face I fall Only by Godıs grace will I be faithful to this call
I will nurture others,
exhort them to the end And with kindness I will seek the wounded heart
to mend Christ will be my center My character like gold I will serve by
grace and see my story told
I will trust His faithfulness
from age to age the same And even though he slay me yet I will bless His
name In Christ Iıll find my being- in Him to live and move His purposes
will be fulfilled and his mercy proved
God is God and I am not
So on my face I fall Only by Godıs grace will I be faithful to this call
Anthony Foster Day 40
February 26, 2003
Day
39 The Calling 25:02:03
For His purpose for His
pleasure We were planned to be Godıs treasure To glorify his holy name
And to declare his matchless fame
For this purpose we
were born For His family we are formed Part of a people of new birth To
be His body on this earth
Created to become like
Christ Like a pearl of matchless price That by adversity is formed So
to His likeness weıre conformed
We were shaped by God
to serve Laying down with no reserve Our very life and all our praise
Ministers of the ancient of days
For this mission we were
made To go and tell and teach and aid The nations to sit at Godıs feet
Until the mission is complete!
To love God with heart,
mind and soul And to love our neighbors is our goal To tell the world
that Christ is Lord And he is worthy to be adored!
For this purpose and
the end Everything we are depends Upon our great creatorıs call He is
to be our all in all.
Anthony Foster February
25, 2003
Day
39 Fountainhead 25:02:03
His glory wrenches my
soul His grace my hunger feeds This devastated one dares gaze Upon the
God who bleeds.
In humble adoration
I seek to find His face I cast myself abandoned Headlong upon His grace
So with a thirst so
violent And with a need beyond all need I bind myself to Jesus side I
cling unto the God who bleeds
The fountain of our being
flow s forth our lives to fill Souls flood with living water That runs
where eıre it will
As the water comes from
the sea To drench the earth with rain So to the ocean streams return -this
source from which they came.
We borrow our very being
From the author of all life The alpha is omega And this is all In Christ
Iıll live up to the privilege
Immersed in mercyıs source I will dwell in my fountainhead And delight
within His course.
Anthony Foster February
25, 2003
Day
38 Vision and Voice 24_02:03
On the cross It was finished
and so it begins. Now we shall ride on the raging four winds On a majestic
journey to the earth's very ends Because it is finished He saves us and
sends.
So now He is your vision-
He pardons and frees us So this is the mission- to bring them to Jesus
An echo of the voice of God a story of His deeds Your life tells of the
good news that every sinner needs
Every message needs
a messenger- for your story you're the one You've a story to be telling
so don't stop until you're done.
Once the Holy Spirit
you've received You are now filled with His power and peace You are equipped
now to go to the nations Declaring His glory to all of creation!
To live and to be the
good news that we preach To model Christ's life and obedience to teach
To tell how in holy repentance begins God's only basis for the forgiveness
of sins
Now Christ is your vision-
He pardons and frees us So this is the mission- to bring them to Jesus
An echo of the voice of God a story of His deeds Your lips tell of the
good news that every sinner needs
Anthony Foster February
24, 2003
Day
37 In the Volume of the Book 23:02:03
The pages of life are
quickly read And when itıs all done and when its all said Theyıre turning
so quickly then your lifeıs through Your days disappear like the morning
dew
Your story goes on you
just canıt pretend That you know for sure when it will all end And when
it is over you will surely stand To account for the life placed in your
hand.
All those lines that
youıve regretted -He can erase And Heıll write a love song in their place
We become His message and the story goes on Compelling and telling the
world of the Son
An adventure story ,
a thriller or be A romance of righteousness for the world to see You can
write your own story upon the sand Or be inscribed upon the palm of His
hand (Is 49:16)
Your life becomes a holy
mystery An epic saga of your life's history For God is a wordsmith but
he will not write A single word til you come into the light.
Heıll write His words
on His tablet, your heart By the finger of God let your life become Art
He'll write for you a new name on a stone In the stories He writes all
His blessings are shown
Heıll exchange His assurance
for your strife Write your name once for all in the Lambıs book of Life
A glorious gift you must dare to receive It comes only through faith to
all who'll believe
For in the book of life
every phrase Is another story of glory and praise Every milepost a chapter,
a new episode Another redemption upon lifeıs road
Each stage of the journey
another God story A book of life filled to the praise of His glory Memoirs
of the mystery revealed in man Each chapter's an episode in Jesus's plan
Anthony Foster February
23, 2001
Day
36 The Mission 22:02:03
We are supposed to be
the true light To go to a world that is shrouded in night Go to the world
so that they may know But how will they see if we never go?
Billions of people who
never have heard The life changing good news of God's Living Word The
news of a savior- the answer to sin But how will they know in that silence
they're in?
To whom much is given,
then much is required And you have Holy Spirit- His peace and His power
We all have this treasure in vessels of clay So that God's glory may be
on display
So tell of the good news
and tell of the plan -the basis of the forgiveness of man Tell of repentance
and of a new mind And do all of this in His name divine.
Go to the world till
your mission's complete Teach all the nations to sit at Jesus's feet Teach
them obedience to all Christ commands Teach them to observe His righteous
demands
Baptize them in the
Father's great name And the name of the Son let the waters proclaim And
the name of the Spirit so Holy ad True So all the world sees His story
in You
Anthony Foster Psalm
62 February 22, 2003
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