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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Corrie Ten Boom

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Corrie Ten Boom
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: April 15
Died: 1983
Died: April 15
Author
Autobiographer
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
Inspirational
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Regardless
Forgiveness
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Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
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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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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
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It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.
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God has plans, not problems for our lives.
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When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.
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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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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.
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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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and here I felt a strange leaping of my heart-God did! My job was to simply follow His leading one step at a time, holding every decision up to him in prayer.
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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.
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Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.
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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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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!
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Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.
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