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The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

Martin Luther

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
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Choice Freedom God Lost Lying Save Sin Yourself
Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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Book Empty God Religious
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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Expression God Learning Love Power Practice Talk
Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
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Eyes Father God Heart See Walk World
I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
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Commitment Death Deserve God Hell Himself Myself Satisfaction Suffering
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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Dangerous Forget God Men Prosperity Time
Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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God Himself Men Money Myself Time
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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Forgiveness Fruit Growth Justice Life Religious
A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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Build Evil Goodness Himself Man
We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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Change Destination Growth Transformation
A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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Greatness Myself Power Religious Simplicity
I have so much to do today, I’ll need to spend another hour on my knees.
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God Myself Need Prayer Work
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Generosity Price Religion Suffering Worth
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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Children Family Gift Himself True
God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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Appearance Attractive Difference God Himself Love Sin
We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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