Richard J. Foster 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

• Nada disciplina los deseos desordenados de la carne como el servicio, y nada transforma los deseos de la carne como el servicio oculto. La carne gime contra el servicio, pero grita contra el servicio oculto. Se esfuerza y tira del honor y el reconocimiento. Ideará medios sutiles y religiosamente aceptables para llamar la atención sobre el servicio prestado. Si nos negamos firmemente a ceder a esta lujuria de la carne, la crucificamos. Cada vez que crucificamos la carne, crucificamos nuestro orgullo y arrogancia.

  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

• Las Disciplinas Espirituales son cosas que hacemos. Nunca debemos perder de vista este hecho. Una cosa es hablar piadosamente de "la soledad del corazón", pero si eso no se traduce de alguna manera en nuestra experiencia, entonces no hemos entendido el sentido de las Disciplinas. Se trata de acciones, no sólo de estados de ánimo.

  Richard J. Foster

  Spiritual, Heart, Sight

• 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

• Hay un viejo proverbio que dice que "todos los que abren la boca, cierran los ojos". El propósito del silencio y la soledad es poder ver y oír. La clave del silencio no es no hacer ruido, sino controlarlo. Santiago vio claramente que la persona que puede controlar su lengua es perfecta (Santiago 3:1-12). Bajo la disciplina del silencio y la soledad aprendemos cuándo hablar y cuándo abstenernos de hablar.

  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

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