Richard J. Foster Quotes about Giving

Owning things is an obsession in our culture. If we own it, we feel we can control it; and if we control it, we feel it will give us more pleasure. The idea is an illusion.

Owning things is an obsession in our culture. If we own it, we feel we can control it; and if we control it, we feel it will give us more pleasure. The idea is an illusion.

Richard J. Foster

Ideas, Giving, Culture

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

Giving with glad and generous hearts has a way of routing out the tough old miser within us. Even the poor need to know that they can give. Just the very act of letting go of money, or some other treasure, does something within us. It destroys the demon greed.

Richard J. Foster

Letting Go, Heart, Giving

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

May God give you - and me- the courage, the wisdom, the strength always to hold the kingdom of God as the number one priority of our lives. To do so is to live in simplicity.

Richard J. Foster

Numbers, Giving, Simplicity

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