Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Psalms

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If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray is important, but what God wants us to pray. The richness of the Word of God ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer