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 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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In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God.
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If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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God never measures the mind. He always put His tape measure in the HEART
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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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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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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 never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day
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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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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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