Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

It is divinity that shapes, not only your ends, but also your acts, your words and thoughts.

How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

I think God has chosen to use this as a tool.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

If we aim to act in harmony with the laws of Good, we rise above all other laws and become a law unto ourselves; co-workers with God and helpers in nature. Ours is the privilege, ours the loss, if we fail to live up to our highest possibilities.

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

I think everything that happens, happens for a reason.

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

Spirit, God, gathers unformed thoughts into their proper channels, and unfolds these thoughts, even as He opens the petals of a holy purpose in order that the purpose may appear.

God is not interested in you doing this for Him, He is interested in doing things THROUGH you.

I know there is a God - I see the storm coming and I see his hand in it - if he has a place then I am ready - we see the hand.

I went through what I went through because God said go through it

I am only a little pencil in the hand of our Lord. He may cut or sharpen the pencil. He may write or draw whatever and whenever he wants. If the writing or drawing is good, we do not honor the pencil or the material that is used, but rather the one who used it.

Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life is through His help and an expression of His will. He showered His grace on me through some outstanding teachers and colleagues and when I pay my tributes to these fine persons, I am merely praising His glory. We are all born with a divine fire in us.

I once heard somebody say that God had closed a door on an opportunity they had hoped for. But I've always wondered if when we want to do something that we know is right and good, God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances, God wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men purposely for the accomplishment of this object, raised them up and inspired them to frame the Constitution of the United States

We often can't see what God is doing in our lives, but God sees the whole picture and His plan for us clearly.

...insight, vision, moments of revelation. During those rare moments something overtakes the man and he becomes the tool of a greater Force; the servant of, willing or unwilling depending on his degree of awakeness. The photograph, then, is a message more than a mirror, and the mans a messenger who happens to be a photographer.

Circumstances and crises are God's tools to move you into your purpose and the maximizing of your potential.

...if God is truly the greatest good on this earth, would He be loving us if He didn't draw us toward what is best for us (even if that happens to be Himself)?

God is the Great Engineer, creating circumstances to bring about moments in our lives of divine importance, leading us to divine appointments

Whatever there is of God and goodness in the universe, it must work itself out and express itself through us. We cannot stand aside and let God do it.

A key to improved prayer is to learn to ask the right questions. Consider changing from asking for the things you want to honestly seeking what He wants for you. Then as you learn His will, pray that you will be led to have the strength to fulfill it.