“Darkness is a definite experience of prayer. It is to be expected, even embraced.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately…Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. — 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 Image
If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Lord God, you deserve my best. Forgive me for the times I have offered you only the dregs, whether it be half-heartedly… — 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
The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“It is that we should learn to pray even while we are dwelling on evil. Perhaps we are waging an interior battle… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Even today as an adult I can go back to that center via the marvelous capacity of memory and there experience thanksgiving… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Once we have made generous latitude for individual differences and schedules, we must firmly discipline ourselves to a regular pattern of prayer.… — 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 reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Our children come to us with the craziest… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Simple Prayer involves ordinary people bringing ordinary concerns to a loving and compassionate Father. There is no pretense in Simple Prayer. We… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Discipline brings freedom. The purpose of meditation is to enable us to hear God more clearly. Meditation is listening, sensing, heeding the… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Lord Jesus, as it would please you bring me someone today whom I can serve.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
In the same way that a small child cannot draw a bad picture so a child of God cannot offer a bad… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Prayer is the human response to the perpetual outpouring of love by which God lays siege to every soul. When our reply… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action. — 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
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