"What God did to us, we then owe to others. The more we receive, the more we are able to give; and the more meager our brotherly love, the less we are living by God's mercy and love. Thus, God Himself taught us to meet one another as God has met us in Christ."
"Because God has already laid the foundation of our fellowship, because God has bound us together in one body with other Christians in Jesus Christ, long before we entered into common life with them, we enter into that common life not as demanders, but as thankful recipients. We thank God for what He has done to us. We thank God for giving us brethren who live by his call, by His forgiveness, and His promise. We do not complain of what God does not give us; we rather thank God for what He does give us daily."
"When the morning mists of dreams vanish, then dawns the bright day of Christian fellowship."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Life Together"
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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