Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“You see, the goal of the Christian life is not simply to get us into heaven, but to get heaven into us!” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The inner attitude of the heart is far more crucial than the mechanics for coming into the reality of the spiritual life. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Eastern meditation is an attempt to empty the mind; Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind. The two ideas are… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Martin Luther declares that the life of the Christian should be one of daily repentance. Daily we confess, daily we repent, daily… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Whenever the Christian idea of meditation is taken seriously, there are those who assume it is synonymous with the concept of meditation… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
One remarkable feature of the devotional masters is the incredible sense of uniform witness in the midst of such diverse personalities... and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. To pray is to change. There is no greater liberating force in the Christian… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts." — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
Over-consumption is a cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“To believe that God can reach us and bless us in the ordinary junctures of daily life is the stuff of prayer.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
It is an occupational hazard of devout folk to become stuffy bores. This should not be. Of all people, we should be the most… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“Lord God, you deserve my best. Forgive me for the times I have offered you only the dregs, whether it be half-heartedly muttered prayers… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“I want to mention one other reason why we shy away from commitment. It is, very simply, the fear that we will not be… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“It is one thing to act like a servant; it is quite another to be a servant.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“we hold on so tightly to the good that we do know that we cannot receive the greater good that we do not know.… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“Once we have made generous latitude for individual differences and schedules, we must firmly discipline ourselves to a regular pattern of prayer. We cannot… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
“The tongue is our most powerful weapon of manipulation. A frantic stream of words flows from us because we are in a constant process… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share
