Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
MARTIN LUTHERPrayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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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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If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.
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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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Lord Jesus, You are my righteousness, I am your sin. You took on you what was mine; yet set on me what was yours. You became what you were not, that I might become what I was not.
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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 does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
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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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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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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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Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
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The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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We do not become righteous by doing righteous deed but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
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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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A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Prayer is climbing up into the heart of God.
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Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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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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It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.
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He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
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The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished.
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All of a Christian’s life is one of repentance.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.
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