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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.

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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Forgiveness
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World
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Healing
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Hinges
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!
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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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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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Children need the wisdom of their elders the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
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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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God only make plans, no problems. In heaven, there is never panic.
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If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ... It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.
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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, make me willing to be made willing.
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We are not a postwar generation, but a pre-peace generation. Jesus is coming.
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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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Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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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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The amount of God's love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.
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The world is deathly ill. It is dying. The Great Physician has already signed the death certificate. Yet, there is still a great work for Christians to do. They are to be streams of living water, channels of mercy to those who are still in the world. It is possible for them to do this because they are overcomers.
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Don't bother to give God instructions just report for duty.
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