Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.
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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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I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!
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It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!
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Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
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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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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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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.
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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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Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.
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Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. "Corrie," he began gently, "when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?" I sniffed a few times, considering this. "Why, just before we get on the train." "Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.
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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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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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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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God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick.
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In darkness God's truth shines most clear.
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Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.
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Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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I feel I have a divine mandate to go and tell the people of this world that it is possible to be strong in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are in training for the tribulation, but more than sixty percent of the Body of Christ across the world has already entered into the tribulation. There is no way to escape it. We are next.
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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.