Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
MARTIN LUTHERYou are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
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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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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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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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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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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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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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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 simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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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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The sin underneath all our sins is to trust the lie of the serpent that we cannot trust the love and grace of Christ and must take matters into our own hands.
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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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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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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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