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A man is powerful on his knees.

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
Knees
Prayer
Powerful
Men

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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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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
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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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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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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.
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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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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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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 measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.
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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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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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Worry does not 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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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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The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs when we get too busy. But he trembles when we pray-especially when we pray together.
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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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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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