Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God, here and now.

Prayer is the vital breath of the Christian; not the thing that makes him alive, but the evidence that he is alive.

The Christian will find his parentheses for prayer even in the busiest hours of life.

Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it

Nothing is more vital than prayer in Christian existence, and few things are more vulnerable to neglect.

Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life.

You may as soon find a living man who does not breathe, as a living Christian who does not pray.

Prayer is - not just bowing your head a few times a day, it pervades all of life.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

The key is - I'll say the key - number one, I pray every day.

One might pray and not be a Christian, but one cannot be a Christian and not pray.

No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.

Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.

Prayer is not just getting ready for Christian service. Prayer is Christian service.

Prayer is as necessary as the air, as the blood in our bodies, as anything to keep us alive-to keep us alive to the grace of God.

Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.

Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer.

Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness.

Of all spiritual disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

You might as reasonably expect to find a living man without breath, as a true Christian without the spirit of prayer and supplication.

Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

The Christian life is not limited to prayer, but requires an ongoing dedication and courage born of prayer.

Frequent prayer has great value. On its surface, this sounds simplistic. But if we're to keep prayer at the forefront of our ministry, we and our people have to pray again and again.