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 LUTHERThe whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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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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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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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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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
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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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It’s not what I don’t know that bothers me – it’s what I do know and don’t do!
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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