If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
MARTIN LUTHERI have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
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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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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
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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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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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Ah, if I could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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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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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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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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God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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