Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boomwas a Dutch watchmaker and Christian who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. She was imprisoned for her actions. Her most famous book, The Hiding Place, describes the ordeal...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 April 1892
fire people house
When a house is on fire and you know that there are people in it, it is a sin to straighten pictures in that house. When the world about you is in great danger, works that are in themselves not sinful can be quite wrong.
made willing
God, make me willing to be made willing.
thankful father good-friend
My father prayed because he had a good friend with whom to share the problems of the day.
children father men
I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.
humans ifs human-beings
You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.
christian sea fishing
God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."
gods-will
The safest place to be is in the center of God's will.
easy this-life ifs
Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.
prayer safety use
To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.
god christian mistake
What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.
wise running father
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
jesus sorry heart
... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
problem introducing lord
We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
being-strong get-well shoes
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.