This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
MARTIN LUTHERPrayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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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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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
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A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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One is not righteous who does much, but the one who, without work, believes much in Christ. The law says, ‘Do this,’ and it is never done. Grace says, ‘Believe in this,’ and everything is already done.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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