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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
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Forgiveness
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Inspirational
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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
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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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God only make plans, no problems. In heaven, there is never panic.
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If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.
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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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... God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
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Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.
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God dealt with our whole situation on the cross there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to Him, 'Lord, I cannot forgive and I will no longer try to do it but I trust that You in me will do it. I can't forgive and love but I trust that You will forgive and love in my place and that You will do these things in me.'
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God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
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No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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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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Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
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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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And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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