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
too-much pushing praying
If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ... It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.
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Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.
christian live-life training
God has plans, not problems for our lives. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.
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Don't hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can't take it from you.
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How rich is anyone who can simply see human faces.
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Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.
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Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves.
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Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.
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We deal with God - who is Love. He isn't a dictator. He is a loving Father. There is no end to what He would like to do for us.
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A person is either a missionary or a mission field.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love
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A man is powerful on his knees.
faith love-is use
The amount of God's love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.
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The Lord never makes a mistake. One day, when we are in heaven, I'm sure we shall see the answers to the whys.