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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
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Autobiographer
Resistance Fighter
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
Christian
Life
Service
Christianity
Higher
Education

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In darkness God's truth shines most clear.
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You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.
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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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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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Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.
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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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My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
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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 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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Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter.
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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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Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown.
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Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God's tapestry
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The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
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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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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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No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
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