A monk must be a person who willingly lets himself be changed by insight and obedience—qualities which he in turn internalizes through a disciplined process of learning in his contemplative engagement with the Word of God, and brings into practical form through the grace of God.
— Jan Dobutowitsch (b. 1979), Diakon und Autor christlicher Aphorismen
Topics: Growth & Character, Discipleship, The Bible & the Word of God
Jan Dobutowitsch
Jan Dobutowitsch (* 1979) ist ein deutscher Diakon, Gestalter und Autor christlicher Aphorismen. Bekannt ist er für prägnante Sinnsprüche und geistliche Impulse zu Themen wie Glaubenspraxis, Aufrichtigkeit und Anbetung. In christlichen Medien und Gemeindepublikationen dienen seine Gedanken heute als alltagsnahe Anregungen für Andacht und Reflexion.
All quotes by Jan Dobutowitsch (14)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson
Being a Christian is not a 'do-it-yourself' affair.
Jerry Bridges
Christ accepts us as we are, but he does not leave us as we are.
Ingrid Trobisch
John Newton
Charles Haddon Spurgeon