Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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.
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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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A person is either a missionary or a mission field.
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I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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I looked on Jesus and the dove of peace entered my heart. I looked at the dove of peace; and lo...off he went.
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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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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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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
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Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings... It's something we make inside ourselves.
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No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still; with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.
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God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to Him, 'Lord, I cannot forgive and I will no longer try to do it; but I trust that You in me will do it. I can't forgive and love; but I trust that You will forgive and love in my place and that You will do these things in me.'
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...and here I felt a strange leaping of my heart-God did! My job was to simply follow His leading one step at a time, holding every decision up to him in prayer.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.
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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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I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.
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Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.
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You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.
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... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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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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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible."---Each New Day.
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You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.