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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
Prison
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Freedom
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God only make plans, no problems. In heaven, there is never panic.
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Let God's promises shine on your problems.
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, No fishing.
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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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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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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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... God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.
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... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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We are not a postwar generation, but a pre-peace generation. Jesus is coming.
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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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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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