Richard J. Foster

Goals are discovered, not made.

— Richard J. Foster

Simplicity is freedom.

— Richard J. Foster

Conformity to a sick society is to be sick.

— Richard J. Foster

Prayer is simply saying "thank you, bless you, praise you."

— Richard J. Foster

You will never have time for prayer; you must make time.

— Richard J. Foster

reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.

— Richard J. Foster

Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center

— Richard J. Foster

Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.

— Richard J. Foster

“Distraction is the primary spiritual problem in our day.”

— Richard J. Foster

We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer.

— Richard J. Foster

Prayer is - a means of uniting us unto Himself.

— Richard J. Foster

“These three elements then quality, spirit and help us learn to discern the voice of God.”

— Richard J. Foster

“You desire and do not have; so you kill. And you covet and cannot obtain; so you fight and wage war” (James 4:1, 2).”

— Richard J. Foster

If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second.

— Richard J. Foster

“Faith often means taking a voluntary step from the known into the unknown in response to God’s leading.”

— Richard J. Foster

“In a world of limited resources, our wealth is at the expense of the poor. To put it simply, if we have…

— Richard J. Foster

Inward solitude has outward manifestations. There is the freedom to be alone, not in order to be away from people but in…

— Richard J. Foster

“how do we experience a contrite heart? a grieving, broken, sorrowing, repentant heart?”

— Richard J. Foster

“Leo Tolstoy observes, “Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.”6”

— Richard J. Foster

“People need the truth. It does them no good to remain ignorant. They need the freedom that comes through the grace of…

— Richard J. Foster

“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

“John Wesley once said: “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God…such alone will shake…

— Richard J. Foster

“But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy them from you for a price: I will not offer burnt…

— Richard J. Foster

“To enter solitude, we must disregard what others think of us. Who will understand this call to aloneness? Even our closest friends…

— Richard J. Foster

Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him.…

— Richard J. Foster

We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost…

— Richard J. Foster

“To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we…

— Richard J. Foster

“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

“Where are the people today who will respond to the call of Christ? Have we become so accustomed to “cheap grace” that…

— Richard J. Foster

“Constantly the Bible deals decisively with the inner spirit of slavery that an idolatrous attachment to wealth brings. “If riches increase, set…

— Richard J. Foster

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

“Lord God, you deserve my best. Forgive me for the times I have offered you only the dregs, whether it be half-heartedly…

— Richard J. Foster

But if we know that the people of God are first a fellowship of sinners, we are freed to hear the unconditional…

— 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.…

— Richard J. Foster

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

“It is one thing to act like a servant; it is quite another to be a servant.”

— Richard J. Foster

“Submission reaches the end of its tether when it becomes destructive.”

— Richard J. Foster

“If you are too busy to read, you are too busy.”

— Richard J. Foster

Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

— Richard J. Foster

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

— Richard J. Foster