God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
MARTIN LUTHERGod writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
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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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Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.
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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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The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.
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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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A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.
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Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
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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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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget 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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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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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
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If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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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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Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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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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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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