Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center
RICHARD J. FOSTERReal prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.
More Richard J. Foster Quotes
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Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
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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 by his vicarious suffering he could actually absorb all the evil of humanity and so heal it, forgive it, redeem it.
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reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.
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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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Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification – how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article.
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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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We must understand the connection between inner solitude and inner silence; they are inseparable. All the masters of the interior life speak of the two in the same breath.
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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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Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.
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Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but his goodness.
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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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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 treasuring them. We need the discipline that will allow us to live simply while managing great wealth and power.
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Our Adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry and crowds. If he can keep us engaged in “muchness” and “manyness,” he will rest satisfied.
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Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.
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We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.
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