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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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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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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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You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
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and here I felt a strange leaping of my heart-God did! My job was to simply follow His leading one step at a time, holding every decision up to him in prayer.
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How often it is a small, almost unconscious event that makes a turning point.
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when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus
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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.
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Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
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Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.
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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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If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
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