Prayer involves transformed passions. In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God’s thoughts after Him: to desire the things He desires, to love the things He loves, to will the things He wills.
RICHARD J. FOSTERSimplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.
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If we think we will have joy only by praying and singing psalms, we will be disillusioned. But if we fill our lives with simple good things and constantly thank God for them, we will be joyful, that is, full of joy.
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The inner attitude of the heart is far more crucial than the mechanics for coming into the reality of the spiritual life.
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You will never have time for prayer; you must make time.
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When we determine to dwell on the good and excellent things in life, we will be so full of those things that they will tend to swallow our problems.
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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 worship.
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He is inviting you – and me – to come home, to come home to where we belong, to come home to that for which we were created. His arms are stretched out wide to receive us. His heart is enlarged to take us in.
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Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.
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And so I urge you: carry on an ongoing conversation with God about the daily stuff of life, a little like Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. For now, do not worry about “proper” praying, just talk to God.
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Simplicity is freedom.
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It is an occupational hazard of devout folk to become stuffy bores. This should not be. Of all people, we should be the most free, alive, interesting.
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Prayer is simply saying “thank you, bless you, praise you.”
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Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.
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Four times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals
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Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit, simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justificat ion
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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 sustains us.
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