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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.

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
Writer
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
Praying
Devil
Plans
Especially
Trembles
Laughing
Laughs
Together
Smiles
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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 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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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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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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