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.’
CORRIE TEN BOOMThe school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
More Corrie ten Boom Quotes
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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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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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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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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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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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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, “No fishing.”
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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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 never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
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God never measures the mind. He always put His tape measure in the HEART
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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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In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
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Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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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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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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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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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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The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.
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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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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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Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to fault finding.
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God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
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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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