# “That is what ‘Amen’ means” by Martin Luther

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- Published: 2015-02-06T18:00:29-06:00
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“Finally, mark this, that you must always speak the Amen _firmly_. Never doubt that
God in His mercy will surely hear you and say ‘yes’ to your prayers.

Never think that you are kneeling or standing alone, rather think that the whole
of Christendom, all devout Christians, are standing there beside you and you are
standing among them in a common, united petition which God cannot disdain.

Do not leave your prayer without having said or thought, ‘Very well, God has heard
my prayer; this I know as a certainty and a truth.’ That is what ‘Amen’ means.”

–Martin Luther, “[A Simple Way to Pray](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800698835?tag=toletaupanre-20)”
in [_Luther’s Works, Vol. 43: Devotional Writings II_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0800698835?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald, and Helmut T. Lehmann; Philadelphia:
Fortress Press, 1999), 43: 198.

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