The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
MARTIN LUTHERWe do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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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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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
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Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen
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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.
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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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God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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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.
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