Always preach in such a way that if the people listening do not come to hate their sin, they will instead hate you.
MARTIN LUTHERGod wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
More Martin Luther Quotes
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The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes.
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A man cannot do good before he is made good.
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Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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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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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
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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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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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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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If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on the despised and foolish things, help the poor, comfort the despised, and aid the neighbor in his need.
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If you see yourself as a “little sinner” you will inevitably see Jesus as a “little savior”.
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For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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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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We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.
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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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Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
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I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.
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Whatever you love most, that is your god.
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Unthankfulness is theft.
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A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.
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Pray, and let God worry.
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Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.
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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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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.
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