Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Prayer, Children

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.111, SCM Press

• A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Children, Father, Struggle

• If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we follow Jesus and look only to His righteousness, we are in his hands and under the protection of Him and His Father. And if we are in communion with the Father, nought can harm us. God will help us in the hour of need, and He knows our needs.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Jesus, Father, Hands

• The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Prayer, Father, Heart

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.111, SCM Press

• But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be so. Neither anxiety now work can secure his daily bread, for bread is the gift of the Father.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Father, Anxiety

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

• True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its dangers. In the last resort it is immaterial whether we pray in the open street or in the secrecy of our chambers, whether briefly or lenghtily, in the Litany of the Church, or with the sigh of one who knows not what he should pray for. True prayer does not depend either on the individual or the whole body of the faithful, but solely upon the knowledge that our Heavenly Father knows our needs.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Prayer, Father, Faithful

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.111, SCM Press

• The Church knows nothing of a sacredness of war. The Church which prays'Our Father'asks God only for peace.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Father, War, Church

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