It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
CORRIE TEN BOOMTrying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.
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Worries carry responsibilities 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.
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Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.
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Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, It’s something we make inside ourselves.
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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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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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We must mirror God’s love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrors of God’s love, so we may show Jesus by our lives.
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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
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If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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