The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
MARTIN LUTHEREvery week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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Pray, and let God worry.
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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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All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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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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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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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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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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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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Many pass for saints on earth whose souls are in hell.
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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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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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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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Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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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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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
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