I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
MARTIN LUTHERThe 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.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Pray, and let God worry.
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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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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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The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel.
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There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
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A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without 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 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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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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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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I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
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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.
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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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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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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