The kingdom of God does not consist in talk, but in power, that is, in works and practice. God loves the ‘doers of the word’ in faith and love, and not the ‘mere hearers,’ who, like parrots, have learned to utter certain expressions with readiness.
MARTIN LUTHERThey gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
More Martin Luther Quotes
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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
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A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
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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 the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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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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