Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.

For me, it is one of the 'signs of the times' that the idea of God's mercy is becoming increasingly central and dominant.

God saved me.

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.

We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.

The tender Mercy of God has given us one another.

I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.

Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.

Well, to take me from where I was, and the life I was leading, to the life I lead now with the church and with the Lord and with Jesus Christ, it's a total, total turn-around.

We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling.

I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who seems unworthy of it.

O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul.

Being reminded about the incredible power of God's love, and living as He intended, is the most powerful motivation to change.

A man will show no mercy, and then plead to God for mercy!

Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.

Most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It's something that doesn't change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.

I've always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. ... Or it may be a private bargain between me and God, that if I give up this one thing I want so much, however bad I am, He won't quite despair of me in the end.

God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.

God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.

Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your grace. Your forgiveness is SO good that I struggle with believing it at times. Thank You for rescuing me from myself and giving me Your Holy Spirit. Your love is better than life.

We are all sinners. But God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness

We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

Because God is love, He could not completely cast man aside.