When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly. Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes From Dietrich Bonhoeffer The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer hero pay son Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man. Dietrich Bonhoeffer spontaneous action men The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father. Dietrich Bonhoeffer prayer heart father Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend – it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours. Dietrich Bonhoeffer deep-water where-you-are helping In the gospels the very first step a man must take is an act which radically affects his whole existence. Dietrich Bonhoeffer steps men firsts If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . . only through discipline may a man learn to be free. Dietrich Bonhoeffer discipline soul men In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others. Dietrich Bonhoeffer gratitude grateful giving Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and whose work they should share. We should listen with the ears of God that we may speak the Word of God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer ministry christian listening Sometimes we just need a firm kick in the pants. An unsmiling expectation that if we mean all these wonderful things we talk about and sing about, then let’s see something to prove it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer pants expectations mean Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God. And, as a Christian, I learn to know the Holy Scriptures in no other way than by hearing the Word preached and by prayerful meditation. Dietrich Bonhoeffer meditation christian moving Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer community done christ The disciple simply burns his boats and goes ahead. He is called out... The old life is left behind, and completely surrendered. The disciple is dragged out of his relative security into a life of absolute insecurity... out of the realm of the finite...into the realm of infinite possibilities. Dietrich Bonhoeffer insecurity inspiration faith Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate. Dietrich Bonhoeffer brotherhood christian reality Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer discipline self christian It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity. Dietrich Bonhoeffer vanity odds prayer All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already. Dietrich Bonhoeffer reality Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who supports them. The disciples bear the suffering laid on them only by the power of him who bears all suffering on the cross. As bearers of suffering, they stand in communion with the Crucified. Dietrich Bonhoeffer support broken suffering If our Christianity has ceased to be serious about discipleship, if we have watered down the gospel into emotional uplift which makes no costly demands and which fails to distinguish between natural and Christian existence, then we cannot help regarding the cross as an ordinary everyday calamity, as one of the trials and tribulations of life. We have then forgotten that the cross means rejection and shame as well as suffering . Dietrich Bonhoeffer uplifting christian mean The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering. Dietrich Bonhoeffer honor suffering lord How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe. Dietrich Bonhoeffer obedient community believe
