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What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.

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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Autobiographer
Resistance Fighter
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
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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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A person is either a missionary or a mission field.
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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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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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I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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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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God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
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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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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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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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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!
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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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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 first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.
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