Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God's tapestry.
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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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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
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More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.
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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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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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What joy that the Bible tells us the great comfort that the best is yet to be. Our outlook goes beyond this world.
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We are not a postwar generation, but a pre-peace generation. Jesus is coming.
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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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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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Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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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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Let God's promises shine on your problems.
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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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There is explosive power in virtue.
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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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If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.
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You are redeemed and you are also victorious, over your sins in Jesus.
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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.