“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior.”
More from Martin Luther on Faith
“Preach [and live] as if Jesus was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and is returning tomorrow.”
“Thus God's work and His eyes are in the depths, but man's only in the height.”
“If God were willing to sell His grace, we would accept it more quickly and gladly than when He offers it for nothing.”
“One cannot worship the false god of nationalism and the God of Christianity at the same time. .”
“The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.”
“Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.”
“God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come what may, God is able.”
“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.”
“He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.”
“You have as much laughter as you have faith.”
Others on Faith
Elizabeth George
30 quotes“Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity to illustrate your faith in God.”
Saint Augustine
27 quotes“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.”
John Piper
27 quotes“All heroes are shadows of Christ”
Billy Graham
26 quotes“The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
24 quotes“When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available w...”
Rick Warren
24 quotes“Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.”
A.W. Tozer
22 quotes“A God less than sovereign could not bestow moral freedom upon His creatures. He would be afraid to do so.”
John Calvin
21 quotes“There is no knowing that does not begin with knowing God.”
Charles Spurgeon
20 quotes“It is not great counts God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus.”
C.S. Lewis
17 quotes“Every story of conversion is a story of blessed defeat.”
Max Lucado
17 quotes“God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.”
Joel Osteen
16 quotes“Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.”