Seeking the Kingdom Quotes

“Silence is one of the deepest disciplines of the Spirit simply because it puts the stopper on all self-justification. One of the fruits of silence is the freedom to let God be our justifier. We don’t need to straighten others out.”
― Richard J. Foster, Seeking the Kingdom: Devotions for the Daily Journey of Faith – A Guide to the Spiritual Life: Transformation, Intimacy with God, and Ministry

“God’s ownership of everything also changes the kind of question we ask in giving. Rather than, “How much of my money should I give to God?” we learn to ask, “How much of God’s money should I keep for myself?” The difference between these two questions is of monumental proportions.”
― Richard J. Foster, Seeking the Kingdom: Devotions for the Daily Journey of Faith

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
― Richard J. Foster, Seeking the Kingdom: Devotions for the Daily Journey of Faith

“The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives—altruistic and selfish, merciful and hateful, loving and bitter.”
― Richard J. Foster, Seeking the Kingdom: Devotions for the Daily Journey of Faith

“It is precisely in the “slop-bucket job”—the work that we abhor—where we will find God the most. We do not need to have good feelings or a warm glow in order to do work for the glory of God. All good work is pleasing to the Father. Even the jobs that seem meaningless and mindless to us are highly valued in the order of the kingdom of God. God values the ordinary.”
― Richard J. Foster, Seeking the Kingdom: Devotions for the Daily Journey of Faith