Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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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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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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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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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More and more the distinction between prayer and the rest of life seemed to be vanishing for Betsie.
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There is explosive power in virtue.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
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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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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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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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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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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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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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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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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
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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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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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Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.
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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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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.