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.
CORRIE TEN BOOMGod buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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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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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
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In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, It’s something we make inside ourselves.
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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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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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If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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