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“When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us what we could not do for ourselves--that insight produces, again and again, a sense of astonished gratitude which is very near the heart of authentic Christian experience.”
― N.T. Wright

tags: gratitude, jesus, love

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“Contrary to all my own opinions and convictions, Jesus Christ will tell me what love toward the brethren really is.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

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“We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

tags: god-s-word, prayer

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“Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
― Beatrix Potter

tags: christian-behavior, faith, inspirational

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“It is central to Christian living that we should celebrate the goodness of creation, ponder its present brokenness, and, insofar as we can, celebrate in advance the healing of the world, the new creation itself. Art, music, literature, dance, theater, and many other expressions of human delight and wisdom, can all be explored in new ways.”
― N.T. Wright, Simply Christian

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