Richard J. Foster Quotes About Discipline

Quotes about: Discipline

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

  Richard J. Foster

  Spiritual, Prayer, Father

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

• Nothing disciplines the inordinate desires of the flesh like service, and nothing transforms the desires of the flesh like serving in hiddenness. The flesh whines against service but screams against hidden service. It strains and pulls for honour and recognition. It will devise subtle, religiously acceptable means to call attention to the service rendered. If we stoutly refuse to give in to this lust of the flesh, we crucify it. Every time we crucify the flesh, we crucify our pride and arrogance.

  Richard J. Foster

  Mean, Pride, Discipline

• Silence is one of the deepest Disciplines of the Spirit, simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justificat ion

  Richard J. Foster

  Self, Ions, Discipline

• Let's discipline ourselves so that our words are few and full.

  Richard J. Foster

  Discipline, Our Words

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

• God has given us the Disciplines of the spiritual life as a means of receiving his grace. The Disciplines allow us to place ourselves before God so that he can transform us.

  Richard J. Foster

  Spiritual, Mean, Discipline

  Richard J. Foster (2009). “Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth”, p.7, Harper Collins

• The spiritual discipline of simplicity is not a lost dream, but a recurrent version throughout history. It can be recaptured today. It must be.

  Richard J. Foster

  Dream, Spiritual, Discipline

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

• A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain...This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines - they are a way of sowing to the Spirit... By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done.

  Richard J. Foster

  Spiritual, Jesus, Discipline

  Richard J. Foster (2009). “Celebration of Discipline: The Path To Spiritual Growth”, p.7, Harper Collins

• You see, we need instruction on how to possess money without being possessed by money. We need help to learn how to own things without treasuring them. We need the discipline that will allow us to live simply while managing great wealth and power.

  Richard J. Foster

  Discipline, Needs, Helping

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

• There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. Control rather than no noise is the key to silence. James saw clearly that the person who could control his tounge is perfect (James 3:1-12). Under the Discipline of silence and solitude we learn when to speak and when to refrain from speaking.

  Richard J. Foster

  Eye, Keys, Perfect

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

• Absolute freedom is absolute nonsense! We gain freedom in anything through commitment, discipline, and fixed habit.

  Richard J. Foster

  Commitment, Discipline, Gains

• If we are silent when we should speak, we are not living the Discipline of silence. If we speak when we should be silent, we again miss the mark.

  Richard J. Foster

  Discipline, Missing, Silence

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

• 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

  Healing, Mean, Discipline

• The Spiritual Disciplines are things that we do. We must never lose sight of this fact. It is one thing to talk piously about 'the solitude of the heart,' but if that does not somehow work its way into our experience, then we have missed the point of the Disciplines. We are dealing with actions, not merely states of mind.

  Richard J. Foster

  Spiritual, Heart, Sight

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