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.
CORRIE TEN BOOMGod uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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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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I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.
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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.
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Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.
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Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
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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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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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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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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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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
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Don’t worry about what you do not understand… Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.
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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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There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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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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Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.
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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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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 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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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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