Corrie ten Boom Quotes

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
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Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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It is not my ability but my response to God's ability that counts.
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The measure of a life after all is not its duration but its donation.
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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog-the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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Faith sees the invisible believes the unbelievable and receives the impossible.
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Memories are the key not to the past but to the future.
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You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.
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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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Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages.
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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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Life is but a Weaving” (the Tapestry Poem)“My life is but a weavingBetween my God and me.I cannot choose the colorsHe weaveth steadily.Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow;And I in foolish prideForget He sees the upperAnd I the underside.Not ’til the loom is silentAnd the shuttles cease to flyWill God unroll the canvasAnd reveal the reason why.The dark threads are as needfulIn the weaver’s skillful handAs the threads of gold and silverIn the pattern He has plannedHe knows, He loves, He cares;Nothing this truth can dim.He gives the very best to thoseWho leave the choice to Him.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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And so I discovered that it is not on our own forgiveness any more than on our own goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When he tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.
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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.
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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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Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
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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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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie ten Boom
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
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A well-known psychologist once said, 'When a child reaches his third birthday, his parents will have given him half of all that they will ever be able to give him in the way of education.
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We must be so careful that we do not refuse the cross that the Lord has given us to carry. Let us remember that our present sufferings serve to prepare us for entering into the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.
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Do you know what hurts so much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when that happens. We can kill the love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of use dies, too. Or, Corrie, we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
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Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain.
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All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father's friends. Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were all alike. That was Father's secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn't know they were there.
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I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!
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And so seated next to my father in the train compartment, I suddenly asked, "Father, what is sexsin?"He turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but to my surprise he said nothing. At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case off the floor and set it on the floor.Will you carry it off the train, Corrie?" he said.I stood up and tugged at it. It was crammed with the watches and spare parts he had purchased that morning.It's too heavy," I said.Yes," he said, "and it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It's the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger, you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you.
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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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This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.
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Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed. "Corrie," he began gently, "when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you your ticket?" I sniffed a few times, considering this. "Why, just before we get on the train." "Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things, too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.
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If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.
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We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
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(on forgiveness) Didn't he and I stand together before an all seeing God convicted of the same murder? For I had murdered him with my heart and my tongue.
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
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In darkness God's truth shines most clear.
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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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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
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Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.
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Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.
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