Corrie ten Boom Quotes

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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God Hide Perfection Place Time Willing
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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Danger Face Fly Happiness Rise
Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.
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Act Emotion Forgiveness Willing
No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.
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Darkness Faith Hard Time Himself Ourselves
In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.
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Clear Darkness God Shine Truth
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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Forever Heaven Himself Life Moments Start Wait Yourself
There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.
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God Heaven Peace Planning Problem Struggle
The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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Enemy Ourselves Recognition Victory Way
There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
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God Inspirational Love Motivational
Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
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Fingers God Hands Hurt Yourself
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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God Hate Live Love Ourselves World
When 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.
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Darkness Trust Yourself
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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End Flower Myself People Yourself
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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Believe Creation Experience Men Myself Presence Promise
We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
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God Problem Talk
If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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God See Time Yourself
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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Carry Escape Evil God Responsibility Worry
I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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Grateful Heart Myself Religious Sorry
If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
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Depression God Peace World Yourself
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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Carry Empty Strength Time Worry
Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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Goodness Strength Togetherness Unity
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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Distance Eyes Faith Human Reality See
In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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Feeling Need Storm Worth
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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Change Control God Greatness Learning Peace Promise
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
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God Inspirational Path Strong

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