hear, see, do.

3 days later we:
remember only 10% of what we hear;
60% of what we see;
75% of what we do.

“a christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. i can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom i pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me. his face, that hitherto may have been strange and intolerable to me, is transformed in intercession into the countenance of a brother for whom Christ died, the face of a forgiven sinner. this is a happy discovery for the christian who begins to pray for others. there is no dislike, no personal tension, no estrangement that cannot be overcome by intercession as far as our side is concerned. intercessory prayer is the purifying bath into which the individual and the fellowship must enter every day. the struggle we undergo with our brother in intercession may be a hard one, but that struggle has the promise that it will gain its goal…

intercession means no more than to bring our brother into the presence of God, to see him under the cross of Jesus as a poor human being and a sinner in need of grace…”
- dietrich bonhoeffer, life together