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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Corrie Ten Boom

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Corrie Ten Boom
Age: 90 †
Born: 1892
Born: April 15
Died: 1983
Died: April 15
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
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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 like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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God raises the level of the impossible.
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In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God
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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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There is an ocean of Gods love available-there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love-whatever the circumstances.
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Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.
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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
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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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Worries carry responsibilitie s 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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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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A person is either a missionary or a mission field.
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I looked on Jesus and the dove of peace entered my heart. I looked at the dove of peace and lo...off he went.
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There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.
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