Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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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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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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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Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
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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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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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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.
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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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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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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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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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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, make me willing to be made willing.
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In darkness God's truth shines most clear.
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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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... God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
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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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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
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Expect resistance but pray for miracles!
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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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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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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.