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The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.

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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Christianity
Higher
Education
Christian
Life

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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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God does not have problems. Only plans.
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You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.
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God raises the level of the impossible.
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In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God
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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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God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
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If the enemy cannot make you BAD, he’ll make you BUSY.
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Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love
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Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life.
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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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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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Children need the wisdom of their elders the aging need the encouragement of a child's exuberance.
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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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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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Worries carry responsibilitie s that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.
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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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Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
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