Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
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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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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.
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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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...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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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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My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
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... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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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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Worries carry responsibilitie s that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.