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50 Martin Luther Quotes on Love and Hope (FAITH)

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“So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: “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!”

Martin Luther
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.Pin
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.Pin
Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.
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!Pin
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!
We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.Pin
We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

“Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.”

Martin Luther
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.Pin
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.Pin
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.
I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.Pin
I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.
We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.Pin
We need to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.

4 Inspirational Martin Luther Quotes About Faith

“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.”

Martin Luther
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.Pin
The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.
Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.Pin
Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.Pin
Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

5 Martin Luther Quotes on Praying

“No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.”

Martin Luther
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.Pin
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
 Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. Pin
Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.Pin
The fewer the words, the better the prayer.
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.Pin
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

8 Martin Luther Quotes on Being a Christian

“The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but Christians. What is Luther? The teaching is not mine. Nor was I crucified for anyone… How did I, poor stinking bag of maggots that I am, come to the point where people call the children of Christ by my evil name?”

Martin Luther
A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.Pin
AChristian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.Pin
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.Pin
A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.”

Martin Luther
When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.Pin
When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.Pin
To gather with God’s people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.Pin
You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

8 Motivational Martin Luther Quotes on Hope and Life

“This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”

Martin Luther
God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.Pin
God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.Pin
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.Pin
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.Pin
Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.Pin
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.Pin
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.
If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.Pin
If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.

4 Martin Luther Quotes on Music

“I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful; they forget thereby all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and the like. Next after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.”

Martin Luther
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.Pin
My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.
Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.Pin
Next to the Word of God, the noble art ofmusic is the greatest treasure in the world.
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.Pin
Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.

3 Martin Luther Quotes on Peace and Justice

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.Pin
Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.Pin
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.Pin
Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

12 Martin Luther Quotes that will Make You Think

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.Pin
Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.
For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.Pin
For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.Pin
Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.
Beer is made by men, wine by God.Pin
Beer is made by men, wine by God.
A gospel that doesn't deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.Pin
A gospel that doesn’t deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.
Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I'll show you his god.Pin
Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I’ll show you his god.
True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.Pin
True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.
A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.Pin
A happy fart never comes from a miserable ass.
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.Pin
Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.
You have as much laughter as you have faith.Pin
You have as much laughter as you have faith.
There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.Pin
There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.Pin
I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
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