Bonnhoeffer speaks on obedience

From his prison cell in Nazi dominated Germany Dietrich Bonnhoeffer, martyr as a result of his uncompromising faith in Christ, speaks on denying self and the cost of taking up the cross of Christ in obedience that faith demands.  "To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. Action springs not from thought, but a readiness for responsibility. One act of obedience is better than a hundred sermons. To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin and more about courageously and actively doing God's will."