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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.

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
Freedom
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Prison
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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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Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.
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God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick.
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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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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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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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Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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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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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.
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You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.
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... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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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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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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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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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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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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