Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
MARTIN LUTHERMusic is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
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Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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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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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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The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
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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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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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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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Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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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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Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
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Spare the rod and spoil the child – that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.
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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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