God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
CORRIE TEN BOOMDon’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
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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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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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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
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As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.
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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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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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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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If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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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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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
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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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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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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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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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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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