Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
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Don't hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can't take it from 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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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.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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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 is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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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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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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Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.
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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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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 buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."
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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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God raises the level of the impossible.
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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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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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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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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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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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Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.
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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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Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.