“We pass from thinking of God as part of our life to the realization that we are part of his life.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God. — 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
Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Four times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions” (Luke 12:15).” — 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
“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
“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
“To worship is to experience Reality, to touch Life. It is to know, to feel, to experience the resurrected Christ in the… — 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
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
“Remember that God’s intention is that we each come to a fuller knowledge of him as we deepen our personal fellowship with… — 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
“We sing, ‘Take my life and let it be, consecrated, Lord, to Thee.’ But we must flesh out that consecration in specific… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak… — 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
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
We have real difficulty here because everyone thinks of changing the world, but where, oh where, are those who think of changing… — 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
“The tithe simply is not a sufficiently radical concept to embody the carefree unconcern for possessions that marks life in the Kingdom… — 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
“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
Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us. — 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
When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that… — 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
