The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
MARTIN LUTHERPray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
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I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
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If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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