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From Quotes by Richard J. Foster
- Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father.
- Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit and truth.' It…
- The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and hateful, loving and…
- As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs…
- Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.
- Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.
- Inward solitude has outward manifestations. There is the freedom to be alone, not in order to be away from people but in order to hear…
- There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is…
- Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an experiment. Note your…
- The needed change within us is God's work, not ours. The demand is for an inside job, and only God can work from the inside.…
- 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…
- In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.
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