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.
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.
More Richard J. Foster Quotes
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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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Four times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals
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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.
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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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Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.
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Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.
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Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.
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Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.
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Simplicity is freedom.
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..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately….Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.
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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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It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.
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Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.
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Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.
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Prayer is simply saying “thank you, bless you, praise you.”
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