Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
CORRIE TEN BOOMJesus 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.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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 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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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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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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Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
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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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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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We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
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Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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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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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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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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