“Teach me patience, Lord, and continue to stretch my understanding of who you are and how you work in the world. Continue to cultivate within me the humility to know that your way is best. Amen. For” — 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 understanding without warming the affections. And therefore intersperse, here and there, earnest aspirations to God for his heat… — 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
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“It is one thing to act like a servant; it is quite another to be a servant.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“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 Image
