When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
CORRIE TEN BOOMIf 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.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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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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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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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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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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Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
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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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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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No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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