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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

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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Small
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Religion
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Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.
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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
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You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.
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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.
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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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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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We are born into God’s kingdom when we ask the Lord Jesus to come into our lives. But this is only the beginning.
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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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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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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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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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God raises the level of the impossible.
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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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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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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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Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors.
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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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If it’s dark everywhere, you can become so discouraged. You might doubt whether light still exists. But even if you can’t see the Lord, He sees you and me. Jesus said, 'And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age' (Matt. 28:20). When it’s necessary, He suddenly says, 'I’m still here!'
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