Martin Luther Quotes About Waiting

Quotes about: Waiting

• Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.

  Martin Luther

  Procrastination, Waiting, Favors

• It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business in the morning and the last in the evening. Guard yourself against such false and deceitful thoughts that keep whispering, "Wait a while. In an hour or so I will pray. I must first finish this or that." Thinking such thoughts we get away from prayer into other things that will hold us and involve us till the prayer of the day comes to naught.

  Martin Luther

  Morning, Prayer, Thinking

• Whilst a man is persuaded that he has it in his power to contribute anything, be it ever so little, to his salvation, he remains in carnal self-confidence; he is not a self-despairer, and therefore is not duly humbled before God, he believes he may lend a helping hand in his salvation, but on the contrary, whoever is truly convinced that the whole work depends singly on the will of God, such a person renounces his own will and strength; he waits and prays for the operation of God, nor waits and prays in vain

  Martin Luther

  Believe, Self Confidence, Men

• Godly people are waiting for the Lord; therefore they live, therefore they are saved, therefore they receive what has been promised.

  Martin Luther

  Godly, People, Waiting

  Martin Luther (1974). “Luther's Works: Lectures on the Minor Prophets II, Jonah and Habakkuk”, Concordia Pub House

• O, when it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It never waits to ask whether there is some good work to do.

  Martin Luther

  Faith, Powerful, Creative

  Martin Luther (2011). “Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing”, p.24, Anchor

• Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for Him. In Hebrew, "Be silent in God, and let Him mould thee." Keep still, and He will mould thee to the right shape.

  Martin Luther

  Waiting, Shapes, Hebrew

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