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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes about thankful

Deutsch Theologian February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945

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Just as Christians should not be constantly feeling the pulse of their spiritual life, so too the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be continually taking its temperature. The more thankfully we daily receive what is given to us, the more assuredly and consistently will community increase and grow from day to day as God pleases Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real state of our fellowship, of our sanctification. What may appear weak and trifling to us may be great and glorious to God. Just as the Christian should not be constantly feeling his spiritual pulse, so, too, the Christian community has not been given to us by God for us to be constantly taking its temperature. The more thankfully we daily receive what is given to us,... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Anything I cannot thank God for for the sake of Christ, I may not thank God for at all; to do so would be sin. ... We cannot rightly acknowledge the gifts of God unless we acknowledge the Mediator for whose sake alone they are given to us. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote: "We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the..."
We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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