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.
CORRIE TEN BOOMAny concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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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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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
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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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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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