When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
CORRIE TEN BOOMIf the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
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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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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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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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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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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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Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
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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 loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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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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In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God.
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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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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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