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I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.

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
Knew
Purpose
Given
Back
Life

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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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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 I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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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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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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A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.
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Don't bother to give God instructions just report for duty.
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Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.
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I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.
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In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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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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In darkness God's truth shines most clear.
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Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love
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Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.
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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.
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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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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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