A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
CORRIE TEN BOOMFour marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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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God never measures the mind. He always put His tape measure in the HEART
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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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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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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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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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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
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Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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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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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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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, It’s something we make inside ourselves.
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