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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

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The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.
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