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God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises.

God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Giving, Promise, Doe
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Clyde E. Fant (1975). “Bonhoeffer: worldly preaching”

Only he who gives thanks for the little things receives the big things.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Giving, Littles, Thanks

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Giving, Thankfulness
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.17, SCM Press

Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share of suffering and rejection. But each has a different share: some God deems worthy of the highest form of suffering, and gives them the grace of martyrdom, while others he does not allow to be tempted above that which they are able to bear. But it is the one and the same cross in every case.

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Christian, Jesus, Giving
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.44, SCM Press

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

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Offering, Self, Giving

The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and security in the face of all passing strains and stresses.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Spiritual, Stress, Giving
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You give is filled to brimming with bitter suffering, hard to understand, we take it thankfully and without trembling, out of so good and so beloved a hand. Yet when again in this same world You give us the joy we had, the brightness of Your Sun, we shall remember all the days we lived through, and our whole life shall then be Yours alone.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Hands, Taught Us, Giving

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