Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.
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Expect resistance but pray for miracles!
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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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On the other hand, I have never before so learned to know the Lord Jesus as a tender, loving Friend, who never forsakes us or casts us off when we are bad, but rather helps us to gain the mastery over sin.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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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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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.
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How rich is anyone who can simply see human faces.
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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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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
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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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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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To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors.
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Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.
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God only make plans, no problems. In heaven, there is never panic.
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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
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Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
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Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.
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If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.