The whole
being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love
brings the person to people.
God does
not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
We need
to hear the Gospel every day, because we forget it every day.
From the
beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor
visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the
Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have God's Word, I know that I am walking in
His way and that I shall not fall into any error or delusion.
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.
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!
Pray like
it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on
you.
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.
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.
I'll
trust in God's unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things
pass away, His Word shall stand forever.
Feelings
come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of
God-- Naught else is worth believing. Though all my heart should feel condemned
For want of some sweet token, There is One greater than my heart Whose Word
cannot be broken. I'll trust in God's unchanging Word Till soul and body sever,
For, though all things shall pass away, HIS WORD SHALL STAND FOREVER!
The Bible
is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays
hold of me.
When
Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for
sinners.
Ah, if I
could only pray the way that dog looks at meat.
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.
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!
The world
doesn't want to be punished. It wants to remain in darkness. It doesn't want to
be told that what it believes is false. If you also don't want to be corrected,
then you might as well leave the church and spend your time at the bar and
brothel. But if you want to be saved-and remember that there's another life
after this one-you must accept correction.