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.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

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.

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.