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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
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Creation Gift God Growth Himself Miracle Power Result Tree Willing
The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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Creation Destroy Dream Love Person
I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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Hate Himself Myself Prayer
So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.
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Comfortable Desire Difficult Feeling Home People
Our eyes are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.
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Darkness Eyes God Leaving Light Ourselves
There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
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Fashion Ourselves Stay World Wrong
It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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Lie Love Truth Worst
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.
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God Ourselves Path People
Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
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Alone Himself Ourselves
May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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God Himself Leadership Leaving Time
Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Funny Serious
It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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Love Marriage Yourself
The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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Divine Job
Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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Politics Power Responsibility
Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Ourselves People Quality Simplicity
Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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Freedom Grace Simplicity

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