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.
CORRIE TEN BOOMThis 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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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 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 setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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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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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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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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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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When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group
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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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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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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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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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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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Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, It’s something we make inside ourselves.
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There are no ‘if’s’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety – let us pray that we may always know it!
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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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The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.
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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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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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There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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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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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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