A home is a kingdom of it's own in the midst of the world, a stronghold amid life's storms and stresses, a refuge, even a sanctuary.
Dietrich BonhoefferRead
Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and simpler where they are made not in the fear of men, but only in the sight of God. He wants to give us today the power which we need for our work.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of spiritual connection in overcoming daily challenges and making decisions.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer highlights that the temptations and difficulties we face during our workday can be overcome with a strong morning connection to God. By grounding our decisions in faith rather than fear, we can navigate our responsibilities more effectively and receive the strength needed for our tasks.
Themes
FaithDecisionsTemptationsWorkMorningSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about staying focused at work, one might say, 'As Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us, our morning connection can empower us throughout the day.'
More from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All quotes →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 BonhoefferRead
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 BonhoefferRead
It is God's earth out of which man is taken. From it he has his body. His body belongs to his essential being. Man's body is not his prison, his shell his exterior, but man himself. Man does not "have" a body; he does not "have" a soul; rather he "is" body and soul. Man in the beginning is really his body. He is one. He is his body, as Christ is completely his body, as the Church is the body of Christ
Dietrich BonhoefferRead
...And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil and dark is really good and light because it comes from God. Our eyes are at fault, that is all.
Dietrich BonhoefferRead
Anyone who thinks that his time is too valuable to spend keeping quiet will eventually have no time for God and his brother, but only for himself and for his own follies.
Dietrich BonhoefferRead
Similar quotes
Our faith, trust, and love are proved and revealed in adversities, that is, in difficult and grievous outward and inward circumstances, during sickness, sorrow, and privations.
John Of KronstadtRead
It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.
Michael CrichtonRead
You create a path of your own by looking within yourself and listening to your soul, cultivating your own ways of experiencing the sacred and then practicing it. Practicing until you make it a song that sings you.
Sue Monk KiddRead
Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
John Henry NewmanRead
Our goal is to try to bring a calm and simplicity to what are incredibly complex problems so that you're not aware really of the solution.
Jonathan IveRead
The Prophet is bound to report the truth occasionally," said Dumbledore, "if only accidentally.
J. K. RowlingRead