This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
CORRIE TEN BOOMIn order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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Worries carry responsibilities that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.
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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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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.
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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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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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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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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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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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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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You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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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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If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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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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Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.
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