Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
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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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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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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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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 God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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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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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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Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.
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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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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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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God's tapestry.
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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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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
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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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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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God raises the level of the impossible.
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We are born into God’s kingdom when we ask the Lord Jesus to come into our lives. But this is only the beginning.
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If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.