Richard J. Foster Quotes About Worship

Quotes about: Worship

• Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

  Richard J. Foster

  Worship, Obedience, Holy

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

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

  Richard J. Foster

  Love, God, Christian

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

• If worship does not change us it has not been worship.

  Richard J. Foster

  Christian, Doe, Worship

• 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, Needs, Modern Life

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

• 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.

  Richard J. Foster

  Doe, Worship, Holy

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

• Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit and truth.' It is kindled within us only when the Spirit of God touches our human spirit.

  Richard J. Foster

  Father, Heart, Reality

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

• 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, Firsts, Worship

• In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.

  Richard J. Foster

  Worship, Speak, Lord

• Adoration is the spontaneous yearning of the heart to worship, honor, magnify, and bless God. We ask nothing but to cherish him. We seek nothing but his exaltation. We focus on nothing but his goodness.

  Richard J. Foster

  Heart, Focus, Honor

• Forms and rituals do not produce worship, nor does the disuse of forms and rituals. We can use all the right techniques and methods, we can have the best possible liturgy, but we have not worshiped the Lord until Spirit touches spirit.

  Richard J. Foster

  Technique, Doe, Use

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

• 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

  Heart, Compassion, Soul

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

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