Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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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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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God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.
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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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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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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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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."