Christian Quote by Richard Foster

Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and where we…

— Henri Nouwen

The present benefit of spiritual discipline is a fulfilled, God-blessed, fruitful, and useful life. If you get involved in spiritual gymnastics, the blessings of…

— John Macarthur

“The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically,…

— Jack Kornfield

Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“Spiritual practice lives at the corner of self-respect and self-discipline.”

— Darren Main

Discipline, it has been suggested, is the means of human spiritual evolution. What provides the motive, the energy for discipline? This force I believe…

— M. Scott Peck

Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In…

— Henri Nouwen

“I hate the word discipline,” she said. “I already feel guilty, and I haven’t even gone yet.” “I know,” said Dawn. “Lots of people…

— Sharon Garlough Brown

To become spiritual, you must die to self, and come alive in the Lord. Only then will the mysteries of God fall from your…

— Rumi

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.

— Ming-Dao Deng

The power of God tenderizes and changes us, not spiritual disciplines. Spiritual disciplines only position us to receive.

— Mike Bickle

When we think of training ourselves in godliness, we usually think of the traditional spiritual disciplines, but it can also be practical activities like…

— Kenneth Boa