God never measures the mind. He always put His tape measure in the HEART
CORRIE TEN BOOMWhen 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.’
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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