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Doe Quotes by Richard J. Foster
- Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we…
- If worship does not change us it has not been worship.
- Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere…
- The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk piously about 'the…
- Just as worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. If worship does not propel us into greater obedience, it has not been…
- Giving with glad and generous hearts has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that…
- The Bible is teh means through which we are introduced to Jesus and invited to follow Him in the life of humility and service. Secured…
- Fasting reminds us that we are sustained by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). Food does not sustain us; God…
- Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great…
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