Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
CORRIE TEN BOOMWhen 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.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
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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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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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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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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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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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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.
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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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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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You know, eternal life does not start when we go to heaven. It starts the moment you reach out to Jesus. He never turns His back on anyone. And He is waiting for you.
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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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You never so touch the ocean of God’s love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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There are no ‘if’s’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety – let us pray that we may always know it!
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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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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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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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