God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
MARTIN LUTHERTemptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
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A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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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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A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
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Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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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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Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should let them nest in our hair.
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No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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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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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc; but how few acknowledge these as God’s special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
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