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.
CORRIE TEN BOOMWe 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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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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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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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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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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If all things are possible with God, then all things are possible to him who believes in Him.
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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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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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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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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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There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.
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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.
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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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