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Forgiveness is not an emotion it is an act of the will.

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
Forgiveness
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You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.
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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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... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
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Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors.
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A person is either a missionary or a mission field.
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You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.
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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 measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Don't bother to give God instructions just report for duty.
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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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Dear Jesus...how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.
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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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Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.
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Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.
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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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A man is powerful on his knees.
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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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We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives
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