Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being to God our Abba Father. It is Divine Union. Richard J. Foster More Quotes by Richard J. Foster More Quotes From Richard J. Foster In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience. Richard J. Foster obedience spiritual joy Overpopulation is the problem of the third and fourth World; over-consumption is the problem of the West. The average American child this year will consume as much of the world's resources as twenty children born in India. Deliberate and calculated waste is the central aspect of the American economy. We over-eat, over-buy, and over-built, spewing out our toxic wastes upon the earth and into the air. Richard J. Foster air average children Countless people pray far more than they know. Often they have such a "stained-glass" image of prayer that they fail to recognize what they are experiencing as prayer and so condemn themselves for not praying. Richard J. Foster glasses prayer people ..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God. Richard J. Foster tests prayer people The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and shop, then we will not find Him at all. Richard J. Foster christian home lying Children do not find it difficult or complicated to talk to their parents, nor do they feel embarrassed to bring the simplest need to their attention. Neither should we hesitate to bring the simplest requests confidently to the Father. Richard J. Foster parent father children As worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience. Holy obedience saves worship from becoming an opiate, an escape from the pressing needs of modern life. Richard J. Foster opiates modern-life needs Jesus reminds us that prayer is a little like children coming to their parents. Our children come to us with the craziest requests at times! Often we are grieved by the meanness and selfishness in their requests, but we would be all the more grieved if they never came to us even with their meanness and selfishness. We are simply glad that they do come--mixed motives and all. Richard J. Foster prayer children jesus 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. Foster passion real prayer In our day heaven and earth are on tiptoe waiting for the emerging of the Spirit-led, Spirit-intoxicaed, Spirit-empowered peole. All of creation watches expectantly for the springing up of a disciplined, freely gathered, martyr people who know in this likfe the life and power of the Kindgom of God. It happened before, it can happen again. Richard J. Foster waiting heaven people We who have turned our lives over to Christ need to know how very much he longs to eat with us, to commune with us. He desires a perpetual Eucharistic feast in the inner sanctuary of the heart. Richard J. Foster sanctuary desire heart Without the cross the Discipline of Confession would be merely therapeutic. But it is so much more. It involves an objective [a better word would have been "metaphysical"] change in our relationship with God and a subjective change in us. It is a means of healing and transforming the inner spirit. Richard J. Foster discipline healing mean The inner attitude of the heart is far more crucial than the mechanics for coming into the reality of the spiritual life. Richard J. Foster spiritual christian attitude If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second. Richard J. Foster priorities worship firsts Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent. Richard J. Foster assuming prayer way God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small. Richard J. Foster religious heart inspirational The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and hateful, loving and bitter. Frankly, this side of eternity we will never unravel the good from the bad, the pure from the impure. God is big enough to receive us with all our mixture. Richard J. Foster tangled selfish prayer Prayer is - listening for the still small voice of God. Listening with the "ear of our hearts." Richard J. Foster voice prayer heart Prayer is - loving conversation with the One who has invited us into His embrace. Richard J. Foster embrace prayer conversation In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change. Richard J. Foster compassion soul heart
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