Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
MARTIN LUTHERThe 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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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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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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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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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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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Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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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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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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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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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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This grace of God is a very great, strong, mighty and active thing. It does not lie asleep in the soul. Grace hears, leads, drives, draws, changes, works all in man, and lets itself be distinctly felt and experienced. It is hidden, but its works are evident.
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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen
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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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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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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 created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
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