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God can give a straight blow with a crooked stick.
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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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna ten Boom
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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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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
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What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
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Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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If the Gospels were truly the pattern of God’s activity, then defeat was only the beginning.
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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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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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Don't bother to give God instructions just report for duty.
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We are born into God’s kingdom when we ask the Lord Jesus to come into our lives. But this is only the beginning.
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Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.
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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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If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ... It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.
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... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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You are redeemed and you are also victorious, over your sins in Jesus.
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Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
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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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God, make me willing to be made willing.
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When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group
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In darkness God's truth shines most clear.
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