Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
The spiritual rest, which God particularly intends in this Commandment, is this: that we not only cease from our labor and trade, but much more, that we let God alone work in us and that we do nothing of our own with all our powers.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of surrendering to God's will and allowing divine guidance in our lives.
In this quote, Martin Luther conveys that true spiritual rest is not just about physical cessation from work but involves a deeper surrender to God. It suggests that individuals should rely on divine power and guidance rather than solely depending on their own efforts, promoting a profound connection with spirituality and faith.
Themes
SpiritualitySurrenderFaithDivine GuidanceRest
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon discussing reliance on God during challenging times.
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All quotes →Now 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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In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
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