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Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.

Richard J. Foster

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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Fasting Food Mouth Sustain
Four times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals
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Four Goal Years
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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Lord Speak Worship
Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects – and infects – every sphere of our living.
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Doe Perfect Spheres
It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.
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Demand Stoicism Universe
Each activity of daily life in which we stretch ourselves on behalf of others is a prayer in action.
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Action Daily Life Prayer
Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem.
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Age Satisfaction Spiritual
We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air.
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Air Earth Toxic Waste
Prayer is simply saying “thank you, bless you, praise you.”
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Bless Praise Prayer
Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.
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Falling Love Prayer Real
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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Passion Prayer Real
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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Arms Heart Home
Grace saves us from life without God-even more it empowers us for life with God.
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Empowering God Grace
Freedom in the Gospel does not mean license. It means opportunity.
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Doe Mean Opportunity
Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life.
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Grows Love Spiritual
You will never have time for prayer; you must make time.
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Making Prayer Time

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