When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
CORRIE TEN BOOMYou 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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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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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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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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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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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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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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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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Love is the strongest force in the world.
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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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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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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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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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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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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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