When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
CORRIE TEN BOOMHold 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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You know, eternal life does not start when we go to heaven. It starts the moment you reach out to Jesus. He never turns His back on anyone. And He is waiting for you.
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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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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.
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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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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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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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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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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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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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