God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.


The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt (ed. 1848)


God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.

God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.

God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.

God delights in our temptations and yet hates them. He delights in them when they drive us to prayer; he hates them when they drive us to despair.