Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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Let God's promises shine on your problems.
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We are not a postwar generation, but a pre-peace generation. Jesus is coming.
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God raises the level of 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.
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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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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 Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.
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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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Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you. And I was satisfied. More than satisfied--wonderfully at peace. There were answers to mmy hard questions--for now, I was content to leave them in my father's keeping.
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Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.
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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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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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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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You are redeemed and you are also victorious, over your sins in Jesus.
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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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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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Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
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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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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
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There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.
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There is explosive power in virtue.
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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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.