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Richard J. Foster Quotes: If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us to prayer.
         

If we truly love people, we will desire for them far more than it is within our power to give them, and this leads us to prayer.


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Joy, not grit, is the hallmark of holy obedience. We need to be light-hearted in what we do to avoid taking ourselves too seriously. It is a cheerful revolt against self and pride.



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Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.

Stop trying to impress people with your clothes and impress them with your life.



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Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.



Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.

Because we lack a divine Center our need for security has led us into an insane attachment to things.



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Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.



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Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently reorients our lives so that possessions can be genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.



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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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