A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
MARTIN LUTHERHe who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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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I’ll trust in God’s unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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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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Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
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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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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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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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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.
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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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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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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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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 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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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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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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People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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