If you’re reading the book alongside us then have a read and choose whichever route you want to practise. His hope for you is to discover the life he created just for you - both here on Earth, and forever in eternity. The last twinges of evil, hostility, anger, and fear drained out of him, and he was able to turn again into the light of God’s presence.

Foster is the author of several bestselling books, including Celebration of Discipline, Streams of Living Water, and Prayer, which was Christianity Today's Book of the Year and the winner of the Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

When my prayers for a dying relative failed and the relative died--it was akin to trying to turn on a TV which isn't properly plugged?

This practice is closely connected to service which can be spelled out in common courtesy, hospitality, and listening. The book quickly establishes that we cannot overcome sin and become closer to God by willpower alone (p. The final practice in the Inward Disciplines is study which can be of books, nature, and other areas.

Written in the same warm, accessible style as Richard Foster's best-selling Celebration of Discipline, Freedom of Simplicity articulates a creative, more human style of living and points the way for Christians to make their lives "models of simplicity. He discusses ways to make prayers more personal and powerful, and how to establish a practice of prayer that works for each listener. The life that pleases God is not a set of religious duties; it is to hear His voice and obey His word. Celebration, then, frees us of an inflated view of our self-importance and of our tendency toward a judgmental spirit (pp.

If you wonder how you can find the deeper layers of the teachings of the revolutionary Jesus, you could do worse than to spend some time with Foster.Celebration of Discipline" by Richard Foster is a thought-provoking and challenging book about Christian spiritual disciplines. The corporate disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration bring us nearer to one another and to God. That's how I roll it out in the morning, I give a thankee sir in the evening, and throw out some feelers throughout the day, and it doesn't need to be any more complicated than that. Upon reaching the outward disciplines of the individual, Foster warns that the discipline of simplicity is not simply ascetism (p. Foster cites Jesus command to forgive (John 20:23) and points out how we miss opportunity to assure and bless our brothers and sisters by not practicing the act of verbal, specific forgiveness (p.