You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
CORRIE TEN BOOMThe tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day
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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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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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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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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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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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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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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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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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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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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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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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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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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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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.”—Each New Day
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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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