Quotes from Martin Luther

God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

I cannot neglect prayer for a single day.

The church converteth the whole world by blood and prayer.

All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard.

Prayer is a powerful thing; for God has bound and tied himself thereunto.

I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.

To pray well is the better half of study.

Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.

It is a tremendously hard thing to pray aright, yea, it is verily the science of all sciences.

Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.

I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.

The fewer the words the better the prayer.

The less I pray the harder it gets the more I pray the better it goes.

Tomorrow I plan to work work from early until late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.

Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor.

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.

I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.