Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
CORRIE TEN BOOMIt is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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 does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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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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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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In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
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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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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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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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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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When we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
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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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