Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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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 a house is on fire and you know that there are people in it, it is a sin to straighten pictures in that house. When the world about you is in great danger, works that are in themselves not sinful can be quite wrong.
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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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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
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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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When people come up and give me a compliment... I take each remark as if it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet of flowers I have gathered throughout the day and say, 'Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.'
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Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.
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Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
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If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.
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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.
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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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God raises the level of the impossible.
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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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There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.
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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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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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Forgiveness to letting go of a bell rope. If you have ever seen a country church with a bell in the steeple, you will remember that to get the bell ringing you have to tug awhile. Once it has begun to ring, you merely maintain the momentum. As long as you keep pulling, the bell keeps ringing. Forgiveness is letting go of the rope. It is just that simple. But when you do so, the bell keeps ringing. Momentum is still at work. However, if you keep your hands off the rope, the bell will begin to slow and eventually stop.