Top 160 Richard J. Foster Quotes (2024 Update)
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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Important insights ought never to be limited to the group from which may arise.”

151. “Important insights ought never to be limited to the group from which may arise.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Prayer is seeing His greatness to the extent we can receive it.”

152. “Prayer is seeing His greatness to the extent we can receive it.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Do we see a college education, for example, as a ticket to privilege or as a training for service to the needy? What do we teach our teenagers in this matter? Do we urge them to enter college because it will better equip them to serve? Or do we try to bribe them with promises of future status and salary increases? No wonder they graduate more deeply concerned about their standard of living than about suffering humanity. As.”

153. “Do we see a college education, for example, as a ticket to privilege or as a training for service to the needy? What do we teach our teenagers in this matter? Do we urge them to enter college because it will better equip them to serve? Or do we try to bribe them with promises of future status and salary increases? No wonder they graduate more deeply concerned about their standard of living than about suffering humanity. As.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “I want to mention one other reason why we shy away from commitment. It is, very simply, the fear that we will not be able to fulfill our covenant. We may have made commitments in the past that we were not able to fulfill – perhaps a marriage vow or a promise to our children. Or it could have been something far more simple – a pledge to be diligent in devotional reading, for example.”

154. “I want to mention one other reason why we shy away from commitment. It is, very simply, the fear that we will not be able to fulfill our covenant. We may have made commitments in the past that we were not able to fulfill – perhaps a marriage vow or a promise to our children. Or it could have been something far more simple – a pledge to be diligent in devotional reading, for example.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “The twentieth-century Lutheran martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when asked why he meditated, replied, “Because I am a Christian.”

155. “The twentieth-century Lutheran martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when asked why he meditated, replied, “Because I am a Christian.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Your prayer must be turned inwards, not towards a God of Heaven nor towards a God far off, but towards God who is closer to you than you are aware.”

156. “Your prayer must be turned inwards, not towards a God of Heaven nor towards a God far off, but towards God who is closer to you than you are aware.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Darkness is a definite experience of prayer. It is to be expected, even embraced.”

157. “Darkness is a definite experience of prayer. It is to be expected, even embraced.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Solitude The creation of an open, empty space in our lives by purposefully abstaining from interaction with other human beings, so that, freed from competing loyalties, we can be found by God The.”

158. “Solitude The creation of an open, empty space in our lives by purposefully abstaining from interaction with other human beings, so that, freed from competing loyalties, we can be found by God The.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “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.”

159. “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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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Prayer is – a means of uniting us unto Himself.”

160. “Prayer is – a means of uniting us unto Himself.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “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.”

161. “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.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “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.”

162. “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.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “The great writings interact with one another. They cannot be read in isolation...”

163. “The great writings interact with one another. They cannot be read in isolation...”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “We pass from thinking of God as part of our life to the realization that we are part of his life.”

164. “We pass from thinking of God as part of our life to the realization that we are part of his life.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “We simply cannot consider the earth apart from Christ’s footsteps imprinted upon it.”

165. “We simply cannot consider the earth apart from Christ’s footsteps imprinted upon it.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Spiritual disciplines can do nothing. They can only get us to the place where something can be done.”

166. “Spiritual disciplines can do nothing. They can only get us to the place where something can be done.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “If we are a people rich in social relationships, we are rich indeed. Whenever we develop significant friendships with those who are not like us culturally, we become broader, wiser persons.”

167. “If we are a people rich in social relationships, we are rich indeed. Whenever we develop significant friendships with those who are not like us culturally, we become broader, wiser persons.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Worship may produce an outward change, but our inner condition will eventually be revealed.”

168. “Worship may produce an outward change, but our inner condition will eventually be revealed.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous trust... They point us toward a way of living in which everything we have we receive as a gift, and everything we have is cared for by God, and everything we have is available to others when it is right and good. This reality frames the heart of Christian simplicity. It is the means of liberation and power to do what is right and to overcome the forces of fear and avarice.”

169. “Jesus Christ and all the writers of the New Testament call us to break free of mammon lust and live in joyous trust... They point us toward a way of living in which everything we have we receive as a gift, and everything we have is cared for by God, and everything we have is available to others when it is right and good. This reality frames the heart of Christian simplicity. It is the means of liberation and power to do what is right and to overcome the forces of fear and avarice.”

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Richard J. Foster Quote: “We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than to hear.”

170. “We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than to hear.”

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