Martin Luther: Quotes about God

“Faith is a living, bold trust in God's grace, so certain of God's favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it.”

“If Satan can turn God's Word upside down and pervert the Scriptures, what will he do with my words -- or the words of others?”

“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.”

“Beer is made by men, wine by God.”

“God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars.”

“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.”

“Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but--more frequently than not--struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.”

“God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.”

“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”

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

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.”

“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God, your functional savior.”

“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.”

“To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.”

“Pray, and let God worry.”

“The soul can do without everything except the word of God, without which none at all of its wants are provided for.”