Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.
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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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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
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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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Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.
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Let God's promises shine on your problems.
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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.
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When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group.
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Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.
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Don't hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can't take it from you.
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Don't worry about what you do not understand... Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.
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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God's tapestry.
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God raises the level of the impossible.
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Satan sometimes suggests that an offering will satisfy God, when in fact He is demanding our all.
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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ... It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.
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There is explosive power in virtue.
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Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.
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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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Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter.
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God has plans, not problems for our lives. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.
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We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives