Martin Luther on action
Martin Luther99 quotes“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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All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Music is a fair and glorious gift of God. I am strongly persuaded that after theology, there is no art which can be placed on the level with music.
Martin LutherMartin Luther There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Martin LutherMartin Luther A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
Martin LutherMartin Luther 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.
Martin LutherMartin Luther A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
Martin LutherMartin Luther 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.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
Martin LutherMartin Luther God creates out of nothing. Therefore, until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
Martin LutherMartin Luther 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.
Martin LutherMartin Luther I simply taught, preached, wrote God’s Word: otherwise I did nothing. The Word of God did it all.
Martin LutherMartin Luther Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
Martin LutherMartin Luther The highest and most precious treasure we receive of God is, that we can speak, hear, see, etc; but how few acknowledge these as God’s special gifts, much less give God thanks for them.
Martin LutherMartin Luther
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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Thought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action.
Elizabeth of the TrinityElizabeth of the Trinity They who pray with faith have fervour and fervour is the fire of prayer. This mysterious fire has the power of consuming all our faults and imperfections, and of giving to our actions, vitality, beauty and merit.
Frances Xavier CabriniFrances Xavier Cabrini There comes a time when you have to put forth the action and actually see whether you’re really just talking to promote yourself, just to sell yourself, or to build your confidence or build confidence around you… or are you the real deal?
Deontay WilderDeontay Wilder In the story, I was the woman of words, where you couldn’t be a man of actions. At least my words weren’t a lie.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi Self love is not something you feel, but rather something you do each day.
Taj AroraTaj Arora You act like a cold cold man, frozen beyond repair, hardly uttering any word, action laced demeanor. Yet everything about you, from your ebony eyes, to your dazzling smile, makes me feel warm inside.
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