Martin Luther Quotes

The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
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God Healing Himself Love Person
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
Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
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Beautiful Eyes God Himself Love Soul Word
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
Christianity can be summed up in the two terms faith and love receiving from above faith and giving out below love.
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Difference Faith Love Religious
As long as we live there is never enough singing.
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Enough Live Music Sing
Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
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Alone Believe Death Faith Himself Lonely Man
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
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Change Inspirational World Writing Yourself
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.
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Generosity Price Religion Suffering Worth
No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
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Book Himself Man Religious Understand
Remove Christ from the Scriptures and there is nothing left.
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Book Empty God Religious
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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Carry God Hands Life Lost Myself Place
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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Hate Listening People Prayer Sin Talk Yourself
Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
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Alcohol Drink Fall Funny Heaven Quick Sin Sleep
Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
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Believe Company Live People Teaching
Unthankfulness is theft.
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Gratitude One Liner Thankful
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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Alone Flower God Nature Religious Stars Tree Writing
A simple layman armed with Scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
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Greatness Myself Power Religious Simplicity
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
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
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Action Belief Hope World
Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.
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Battle Choice Fight Goodness Prayer
They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
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Deep Hope Ourselves Religious Rose Suffering
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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Avoid Hairs Need Ourselves Temptation
The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid.
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Book God Religious
For what God gives I thank indeed; What He withholds I do not need.
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God Himself Myself Need Thankful
Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
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Accomplishment Result Time Wait
People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
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Change Heart People Time Transformation

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