Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
CORRIE TEN BOOMJesus 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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Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
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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 darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
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There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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This 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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