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Great Quotes by Richard J. Foster
- The Prayer of Examine produces within us the priceless grace of self-knowledge. I wish I could adequately explain to you how great a grace this…
- To pray is to change. This is a great grace. How good of God to provide a path whereby our lives can be taken over…
- 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…
- You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to own things without…
- Love, not anger, brought Jesus to the cross. Golgotha came as a result of God's great desire to forgive, not his reluctance. Jesus knew that…
- I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative…
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