“These three elements then quality, spirit and help us learn to discern the voice of God.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. — 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
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
“However brightly the light may shine, it can be seen only by those who are spiritually prepared to receive it. ‘Blessed are… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“If we are to progress in the spiritual walk so that the Disciplines are a blessing and not a curse, we must… — 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
“Celebration heartily done makes our deprivations and sorrows seem small, and we find in it great strength to do the will of… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“If we hope to move beyond the superficialities of our culture, including our religious culture, we must be willing to go down… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Without the cross the Discipline of Confession would be merely therapeutic. But it is so much more. It involves an objective [a… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk… — 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
Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance.… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“But what I have come to see is that God is big enough to receive us with all our mixture. We do… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Labor to work yourself up into a temper correspondent with what you read, for that reading is useless which only enlightens the… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Our lifestyle is not our private affair. We dare not allow each person to do what is right in his or her… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Our own spiritual formation will be strengthened if, in our busy, crowded, and noisy lives, we find regular times and places for… — 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
Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“And so I urge you to still every motion that is not rooted in the Kingdom. Become quiet, hushed, motionless until you… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“But, and here comes the rub, all of us feel that we are in complete control of our desire for things. We… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“At the heart of God is the desire to give and to forgive. Because of this, he set into motion the entire… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“In “The Cost of Discipleship” Dietrich Bonhoeffer makes it clear that grace is free, but it is not cheap. The grace of… — 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
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
In intellectual honesty, we should be willing to study and explore the spiritual life with all the rigor and determination we would… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“God calls for worship that involves our whole being. The body, mind, spirit, and emotions should all be laid on the altar… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“As Foster writes, “If our spiritual vitality seems low, if Bible study produces only dusty words, if prayer seems hollow and empty,… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
The spiritual discipline of simplicity is not a lost dream, but a recurrent version throughout history. It can be recaptured today. It… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Over-consumption is a cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“What happens in meditation is that we create the emotional and spiritual space which allows Christ to construct an inner sanctuary in… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Catherine Marshall writes, “Resignation is barren of faith in the love of God…. Resignation lies down quietly in the dust of a… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Learn that trust precedes faith. Faith is a little like putting your car into gear, and right now you cannot exercise faith,… — 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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