Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Prioritizing reflection and connection can enhance productivity.
This quote by Martin Luther emphasizes the importance of starting with prayer or reflection to gain clarity and purpose before diving into tasks. It suggests that spiritual preparation can lead to better focus and effectiveness in accomplishing one's responsibilities.
Themes
PrayerPreparationProductivityFocusReflection
In practice
Example use cases
During a workshop on time management, one could use this quote to stress the value of planning.
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All quotes βNow if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
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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.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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