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You will never have time for prayer you must make time.

Richard J. Foster

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Simplicity, then, is getting in touch with the divine center
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Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come underneath, where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent.
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In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience.
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Simplicity is freedom.
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