186 Quotes by Richard J. Foster

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God’s work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

Today, O Lord, I yield myself to you. May your will be my delight today. May your way have perfect sway in me. May your love be the pattern of my living. – Richard J. Foster, Prayers from the Heart12.

Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father.

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.

To confess your sins to God is not to tell God anything God doesn’t already know. Until you confess them, however, they are the abyss between you. When you confess them, they become the Golden Gate Bridge.” – Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words.

My dearest Lord, be thou a bright flame before me, a guiding star above me, a smooth path beneath me, a kindly shepherd behind me, today and for evermore. – St. Columba of Iona.

It is Stoicism that demands a closed universe, not the Bible.

Prayer is – a means of uniting us unto Himself.

Remember that the key to the Discipline of study is not reading many books, but experiencing what we do read.