We really must understand that the lust for affluence in contemporary society is psychotic. It is psychotic because it has completely lost touch with reality. We crave things we neither need nor enjoy. We buy things we do not want to impress people we do not like.
RICHARD J. FOSTERJust 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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Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
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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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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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Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.
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Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.
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You will never have time for prayer; you must make time.
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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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Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.
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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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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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The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.
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What is urgently needed is a bold new move from a consumer economy to a conserver economy in all of the developed countries, and particularly in the United States.
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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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reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.
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Prayer is simply saying “thank you, bless you, praise you.”
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