“Fasting turns each moment of craving into a prayer of intense dependence.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“Fasting is an act of humility that spotlights our weaknesses and reveals dependence on things rather than on God.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
We can all see God in exceptional things, but it requires the culture of spiritual discipline to see God in every detail. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Fasting is more about replacing than it is about abstaining — replacing normal activities with focused times of prayer and feeding on… — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
It is precisely in times of spiritual dryness that we must hold on to our spiritual discipline so that we can grow… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Keeping your body in shape is a spiritual discipline. Its not just about losing a few pounds, wanting to live longer, or… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The power of God tenderizes and changes us, not spiritual disciplines. Spiritual disciplines only position us to receive. — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
“Think of it this way, Mara. We don’t have the power to make the sun rise, but we can choose to be… — Sharon Garlough Brown Copy Share Image
“The rewards of fasting ultimately lead to a more intimate and satisfying experience with the God who made me.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
“From matters as crucial as the death of Jesus, to those as mundane as eating and drinking, the Bible presents the glo… — Donald S. Whitney Copy Share Image
“Because we don't know yet how to act without an outer reason, we discover that we don't know what to do with… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“When a person eats shortly before going to bed, digestion accompanies sleep. The two great physiological functions are completed together, leaving the… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
The organized churches must become schools of spiritual discipline where Christians are taught how to own without treasuring (Matt. 6:21); how to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
WOMEN preserve the culture of this country with greater tenacity and faith. They keep men on the moral path and inspire them… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
There are many graphic artists who have interpreted The Ancient One as a Tibetan Buddhist Lama, we're kind of shifting that a… — Tilda Swinton 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
“I hate the word discipline,” she said. “I already feel guilty, and I haven’t even gone yet.” “I know,” said Dawn. “Lots… — Sharon Garlough Brown Copy Share Image
“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“As it is the sister of reading, so it is the mother of prayer. Though a man's heart be much indisposed to… — William Bridge Copy Share Image
“The church itself is a spiritual director. It tries to connect your story with God's story. Just to be a true part… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“You cannot, having never prayed before, start with eighteen hours of dialogue and prayer with God continuously like this while you do… — Anthony Bloom Copy Share Image
“...we have chosen to speak of spirituality ultimately as the way in which we live out our response to God. Unless we… — Janet O. Hagberg Copy Share Image
“I am so glad that Jesus does not say, “Practice more spiritual disciplines.” He says, “Come to me…and I will give you… — Colin S. Smith 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
God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking. — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“I must take care above all that I cultivate communion with Christ, for though that can never be the basis of my… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Tolerance, a term which we sometimes use in place of the words respect, mercy, generosity, or forbearance, is the most essential element… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
“Through the ages, countless spiritual disciplines have urged us to look within ourselves and seek the truth. Part of that truth resides… — Matthew J. Pallamary Copy Share Image
“A Spiritual Discipline is an intentionally directed action which places us in a position to receive from God the power to do… — Richard Foster Copy Share Image
“When we speak with others about our experience in Christ, it sharpens our attentiveness to the voice and will of the Father.… — Stephen A. Macchia Copy Share Image
When we think of training ourselves in godliness, we usually think of the traditional spiritual disciplines, but it can also be practical… — Kenneth Boa Copy Share Image
“We define Christian spiritual direction then, as help given by one Christian to another which enables the person to pay attention to… — Jeannette A. Bakke Copy Share Image