Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
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The world is deathly ill. It is dying. The Great Physician has already signed the death certificate. Yet, there is still a great work for Christians to do. They are to be streams of living water, channels of mercy to those who are still in the world. It is possible for them to do this because they are overcomers.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.
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Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him....Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness....And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself.
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Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.
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There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.
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Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
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The Lord never makes a mistake. One day, when we are in heaven, I'm sure we shall see the answers to the whys.
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For I bring not a religion... but a Person, who loves people, who died for them on the cross. For Jesus died for the sins of the whole world and He will not that any one should perish. He understands every single individual.
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As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God.
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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
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God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick.
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One day as Father and I were returning from our walk we found the Grote Markt cordoned off by a double ring of police and soldiers. A truck was parked in front of the fish mart; into the back were climbing men, women, and children, all wearing the yellow star. . . . "Father! Those poor people!" I cried. . . . "Those poor people," Father echoed. But to my surprise I saw that he was looking at the solders now forming into ranks to march away. "I pity the poor Germans, Corrie. They have touched the apple of God's eye.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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I thank You, Jesus, that You brought into my heart God's love through the Holy Spirit. Thank You, Father, that Your love in me is stronger than my hatred.
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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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How rich is anyone who can simply see human faces.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!