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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

Martin Luther

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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Avoid Hairs Need Ourselves Temptation
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
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Alive Breathe Impossible Inspirational Prayer
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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Alone Book God Ourselves Spiritual Time
I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.
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God Myself Need Prayer Work
We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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Change Destination Growth Transformation
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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God Myself Religious Right Sin Thankful Yourself
The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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Belief Hard Myself Prayer Result
I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
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Commitment Death Deserve God Hell Himself Myself Satisfaction Suffering
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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Alcohol Drink Fall Funny Heaven Quick Sin Sleep
They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
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Deep Hope Ourselves Religious Rose Suffering
Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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Deep Hell Soul World
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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Believe Choice God Grace Law Right Thinking
Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
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God Heart Prayer
If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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Beginning Instruction Oneself Start Teaching Young
He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
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Christ Death Deep Freedom Himself Myself Religious Right Sin
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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Faith Future Hope Inspirational Myself Pieces Plant Tree

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