If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
CORRIE TEN BOOMWhat wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
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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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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
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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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If God has shown us bad times ahead, it’s enough for me that He knows about them. That’s why He sometimes shows us things, you know – to tell us that this too is in His hands.
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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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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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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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