--- title: "13 Needs Quotes By Richard J. Foster" description: "13 Needs quotes by Richard J. Foster. Plus more from Richard J. Foster and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/richard-j-foster-1460_desperate_the-desperate-need-today-is-not-for-a-gr_2427429.png" --- > [The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/the-desperate-need-today-is-not-for-a-greater-number-of-intelligent/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/richard-j-foster-1460_desperate_the-desperate-need-today-is-not-for-a-gr_2427429.png) > [Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/because-we-lack-a-divine-center-our-need-for-security-has-led-us-into-2/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/richard-j-foster-1460_attachment_because-we-lack-a-divine-center-our-need_2936981.png) > [We who have turned our lives over to Christ need to know how very much he longs to eat with us, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/we-who-have-turned-our-lives-over-to-christ-need-to-know-how-very/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/richard-j-foster-1460_christ_we-who-have-turned-our-lives-over-to-chr_776025.png) > [As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/as-worship-begins-in-holy-expectancy-it-ends-in-holy-obedience-holy/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/richard-j-foster-1460_becoming_as-worship-begins-in-holy-expectancy-it_2690539.png) > [Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/joy-not-grit-is-the-hallmark-of-holy-obedience-we-need-to-be-light/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/richard-j-foster-1460_cheerful_joy-not-grit-is-the-hallmark-of-holy-obe_2750789.png) > [Giving with glad and generous hearts has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/giving-with-glad-and-generous-hearts-has-a-way-of-routing-out-the/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcc/richard-j-foster-1460_demon_giving-with-glad-and-generous-hearts-has_361857.png) > [We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/we-really-must-understand-that-the-lust-for-affluence-in-contemporary-2/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/richard-j-foster-1460_affluence_we-really-must-understand-that-the-lust_927234.jpg) > [But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/but-if-we-know-that-the-people-of-god-are-first-a-fellowship-of/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/richard-j-foster-1460_barnacles_but-if-we-know-that-the-people-of-god-ar_925475.jpg) > [You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/you-see-we-need-instruction-on-how-to-possess-money-without-being/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/richard-j-foster-1460_discipline_you-see-we-need-instruction-on-how-to-po_1520605.png) > [We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/we-really-must-understand-that-the-lust-for-affluence-in-contemporary/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/richard-j-foster-1460_affluence_we-really-must-understand-that-the-lust_633592.jpg) > [Children do not find it difficult or complicated to talk to their parents, nor do they feel embarrassed to bring the simplest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/children-do-not-find-it-difficult-or-complicated-to-talk-to-their/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/richard-j-foster-1460_attention_children-do-not-find-it-difficult-or-com_2184029.png) > [Graciousness, courtesy, compassion-this is hesed. Hesed is a quality that extends even to the animals and the land. The sabbath rest principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/graciousness-courtesy-compassion-this-is-hesed-hesed-is-a-quality/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/richard-j-foster-1460_animal_graciousness-courtesy-compassion-this-is_365477.png) > [The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/the-fruit-of-solitude-is-increased-sensitivity-and-compassion-for/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/richard-j-foster-1460_affection_the-fruit-of-solitude-is-increased-sensi_2944401.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## More by Richard J. Foster > [Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/prayer-is-listening-for-the-still-small-voice-of-god-listening-with/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/over-consumption-is-a-cancer-eating-away-at-our-spiritual-vitals-it/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“To believe that God can reach us and bless us in the ordinary junctures of daily life is the stuff of prayer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/to-believe-that-god-can-reach-us-and-bless-us-in-the-ordinary/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [Prayer is simply saying "thank you, bless you, praise you."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/prayer-is-simply-saying-thank-you-bless-you-praise-you/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/there-is-an-old-proverb-to-the-effect-that-all-those-who-open-their/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [It is an occupational hazard of devout folk to become stuffy bores. This should not be. Of all people, we should be the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/it-is-an-occupational-hazard-of-devout-folk-to-become-stuffy-bores/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/lord-god-you-deserve-my-best-forgive-me-for-the-times-i-have-offered/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/superficiality-is-the-curse-of-our-age-the-doctrine-of-instant/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [If worship does not change us it has not been worship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/if-worship-does-not-change-us-it-has-not-been-worship/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“I want to mention one other reason why we shy away from commitment. It is, very simply, the fear that we will not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/i-want-to-mention-one-other-reason-why-we-shy-away-from-commitment-it/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“It is one thing to act like a servant; it is quite another to be a servant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/it-is-one-thing-to-act-like-a-servant-it-is-quite-another-to-be-a/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“we hold on so tightly to the good that we do know that we cannot receive the greater good that we do not know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/we-hold-on-so-tightly-to-the-good-that-we-do-know-that-we-cannot/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“Once we have made generous latitude for individual differences and schedules, we must firmly discipline ourselves to a regular pattern of prayer. We cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/once-we-have-made-generous-latitude-for-individual-differences-and/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/freedom-in-the-gospel-does-not-mean-license-it-means-opportunity/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) > [“The tongue is our most powerful weapon of manipulation. A frantic stream of words flows from us because we are in a constant process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/the-tongue-is-our-most-powerful-weapon-of-manipulation-a-frantic/) [Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/richard-j-foster/#itemlist", "name": "13 Needs Quotes By Richard J. 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