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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

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
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
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Succeed
Failing
Trust
Trying

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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.
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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
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The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.---Each New Day
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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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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love
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When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group
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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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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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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. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.
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God does not have problems. Only plans.
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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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Children need the wisdom of their elders the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
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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 setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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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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