Cathy

“The Christian should always think: 'If peace and tranquility reign today, it will be different tomorrow. The devil can shoot a dart into my heart, or some other affliction can befall me. Therefore I must see to it that when sorrows appear, I am prepared to weather the storm and draw comfort from God's Word.”
― Martin Luther, Luther's Works, Volume 24 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 14-16): 024

“When you and I surrendered to Jesus as Lord, we did not offer Him the services of a divine, or even semi-divine creature to strengthen His kingdom; we offer Him the fragile, temporary, mortal, frail life that He has first given to us. That is all we have to offer.

'For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust' (Ps. 103:14)”
― Christopher Ash, Zeal without Burnout

“Prayer is not a tool of faith by which we control His control over our lives. Rather, it is the conversation God began with us when He established a relationship with us in Baptism.”
― Richard C. Eyer, Pastoral Care Under the Cross: God in the Midst of Suffering

“Thus the sum and substance of all doctrine is this, that we are not justified by any works, but that faith in Christ saves.”
― Martin Luther, Luther's Works, Volume 23 (Sermons on Gospel of St John Chapters 6-8) (Luther's Works