Tear down the walls of this counterfeit kingdom

Tear down the walls of this counterfeit kingdom

And build up in me thy temple of eternity

That thy kingdom might come in me

And all earthly desires dissolve in triviality

For all my vein expectations

Bind and break their false declarations

Indwell in me thy majesty

And move me to humility 

That all other things forsake

Save for thy love in me to take

To taste and see in full

That thou art all and all in me

None other will do

Nor can ere see me through

Grace beyond to guide

And give when fall I again

So carry me

In thy love

That I may learn

And long to discern

That which is good and best

That for all my trials

Shall face them one and all

For the sake of obeying thy call

And love beyond all love of my own

Peace to fill the fear and guard me

So guide oh precious lamb

Give ear to me

And open my eyes

To see thy face

Oh blessed sacrifice

Thou hath grafted me

One with thee 

And bound for all

Eternity thy one and only

Life of life and love of love

So grant me a spirit

And humble heart 

In part though imperfect still

To love others as thou will

Be thou my one and only 

Anxious enduring thought

Constant and consciously

Oh great savior and king 

Through all the days of life

And ere beyond

Till the oceans meet

The sand of that eternal kingdom land

Oh come the day

When wash away

All tears and earthly fears

And home

To thy one

And only love

Who knows me best

And ne'er forsake

For love 

Thy name and claim

Cannot defame

Thy promise true

Art thou

One and only

True and none other

Will do

-Joshua Lee Foist

From my weakness make me strong

From my weakness make me strong 

In my strength humble me

Break down my kingdom

And may yours come

In me

Still my tongue

Till it drips of kindness 

And tender be my ways

Soften my heart

Breath courage through

My gaping wounds

Wrap thy wisdom and grace 

Round my heart

So set my eyes

On thy sweet sacrifice 

Will my ways to

Sing thy praise 

Humble me

And fill me

With strength 

And love

To serve as thou

Hast from above

To set aside

My pride

And surrender

My spirit

Be filled

In thee

To deny all that

Which fleeting be

To taste that which

Satisfies

Open my heart

To a broken people

Love not of my own

Become me

My life no more

Save in thy keeping 

Be my one and only

Thought pursuing

Live I to die

That others might live

To taste and see

That thou art good

Oh source of life

Be always near me

Thy will be mine

A grafted vine

Bear thy fruit

Upon this resurrected 

Vine

The wine of thy

Eternal fount

Fill my veins

And nourish me

In the drought 

And dark

Thy spark

A flame

To fire me

Unquenched consume

And conquer me

That all remain

Thy one and only

Wherefore this life

I fleeting find

Be thou alone

My every ambition

And so desire

That dares to dream

Dream on the theme

Of thy kingdom come

-Joshua Lee Foist

Now no more for envy

Now no more for envy
And jealousy
Begone oh fear
Resentment

Thou art a cancer
And cruel thy ways
That seek thine own
Praise

But only to fear
Thou who knowest me
And formed me
And loves me still

Thou art enough
And as for worthless
Stuff that rages for my
Attention

May my one ambition
Be thus to praise
And find my joy
In you

No other beside
Whether earthly
Treasures find
They are but fleeting

Thou art ever
Increasing
As I my desires
Decreasing

May these fruits
Be found in me
Love, joy, and peace
Release from me

My worry
Of all that
I cannot
Control

Grant me service
And gentleness too
That what ere may come
Thy will in me be done

-Joshua Lee Foist
 

Awakening though in dreamscape

Awakening though in dreamscape
While the isle of imagining
Finds its meaning
In this

Where might we sail
For time and trial
Hath proved
Some growth

Along the bay
The shifting sands
Have washed away
And revealed

A soul beneath
The clay
Softening
And seeking

Deeper still
To find
An open
Transcendance

The soul awakens
Anew to this world
Of you that always
Has been

Though long hath waited
For perseverance to prove
Its worth in time
This birth

At last
To come
And though
Much remains

Unseen
Thy hope
Refreshed anew
In you

Thy life
Is here
And have
No fear

For what earthly
Trials await
Fade to compare

Of thy love
And certainty
To carry

Through what
Ere may come
Thou alone

Shall remain
And comfort
Through the
Pain

For all in thee
To gain
And then
Glory

The joy
Of this story
Life once
Proved

Its purpose
Profound
And provident

-Joshua Lee Foist