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The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus.
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The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision.
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Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power.
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The Kingdom is to be in the midst of your enemies
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Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.
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Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life
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And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.
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Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.
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If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.
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Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, l honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees the glory of God precisely in his lowliness.
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A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.
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A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.
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