Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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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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I soon discovered that man's importunity is God's opportunity. he uses our problems as building materials for his miracles. I began to understand that this was my first lesson in learning to trust him completely, my first steps on the path to complete dependence on, and obedience to, his guidance.
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God's viewpoint is sometimes different from ours - so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things....In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strenght or our brains but simply because He has made us.
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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."
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Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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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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Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God's tapestry.
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.
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Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
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When we are on the beach we only see a small part of the ocean. However, we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. We only see a small part of God's great love, a few jewels of His great riches, but we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. The best is yet to come, when we see Jesus face-to-face.
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God raises the level of the impossible.
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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.
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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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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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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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Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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We deal with God - who is Love. He isn't a dictator. He is a loving Father. There is no end to what He would like to do for us.