The whole Scripture doth principally aim at this thing, that we should not doubt, but that we should hope, that we should trust, that we should believe, that God is a merciful, a bountiful, a gracious, and a patient God to his people.
– Martin Luther –
1483-1546
The farmer in the field, or the farmer’s wife in the farmhouse, if they are doing their work by faith for the glory of God, are fulfilling as high and holy a calling as the pastor in the pulpit.
– Martin Luther –
If I had a thousand heads I would rather have them all cut off than to revoke!
– Martin Luther –
When our Lord and master Jesus Christ said, “Repent,” he willed that the whole life of believers should be one of repentance.
– Martin Luther –
The recognition of sin is the beginning of salvation.
– Martin Luther –
Faith is a living and unshakable confidence — a belief in God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake.
– Martin Luther –
If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great
deal of the fire of faith.
– Martin Luther –
Live as if Christ died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back again tomorrow.
– Martin Luther –
Here is a saying ascribed to St. Jerome that everything a believer does is prayer and a proverb, “He who works faithfully prays twice.” This can be said because a believer fears and honors God in his work and remembers the commandment not to wrong anyone, or to try to steal, defraud, or cheat. Such thoughts and such faith undoubtedly transform his work into prayer and a sacrifice of praise.
– Martin Luther –
from A Simple Way to Pray