God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
CORRIE TEN BOOMHold 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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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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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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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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The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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God has plans, not problems for our lives. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.
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There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.
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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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I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their 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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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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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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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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Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
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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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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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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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