Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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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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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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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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The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.
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There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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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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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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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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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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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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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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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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God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
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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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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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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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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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