Brian Combs

“If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if, on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together

“We should love our friends, but not so much that it encroaches upon our love of God, which must be primary.”
― Marshall Davis, The Practice of the Presence of God In Modern English

“It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul’s prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

“To the degree you can shed the “unreality” of self-sufficiency, to that degree your prayer life will become richer and deeper.”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God