Corrie Ten Boom Quotes

As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.

If you have an important decision to make, or even a small one, it is good to make your decision with the guidance of the Lord.

You are redeemed and you are also victorious, over your sins in Jesus.

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. And I was satisfied. More than satisfied--wonderfully at peace. There were answers to mmy hard questions--for now, I was content to leave them in my father's keeping.

If Jesus were born one thousand times in Bethlehem and not in me, then I would still be lost.

God, make me willing to be made willing.

You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devils shouts for joy.

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.

Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings... It's something we make inside ourselves.

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.'

Some knowledge is too heavy...you cannot bear it...your Father will carry it until you are able.

In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God

Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.

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.

The amount of God's love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.

Don't hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can't take it from you.

You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.

God does not have problems. Only plans.

Only to those who have been in prison does freedom have such great meaning.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.

When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group

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.

... I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.

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.

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.

In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.

God's viewpoint is sometimes different from ours - so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things....In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strenght or our brains but simply because He has made us.

The life of a Christian is an education for higher service.

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

Mama's love had always been the kind that acted itself out with soup pot and sewing basket. But now that these things were taken away, the love seemed as whole as before. She sat in her chair at the window and loved us. She loved the people she saw in the street-- and beyond: her love took in the city, the land of Holland, the world. And so I learned that love is larger than the walls which shut it in.

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.

The world is deathly ill. It is dying. The Great Physician has already signed the death certificate. Yet, there is still a great work for Christians to do. They are to be streams of living water, channels of mercy to those who are still in the world. It is possible for them to do this because they are overcomers.

Four marks of true repentance are: acknowledgement of wrong, willingness to confess it, willingness to abandon it, and willingness to make restitution.

I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.

Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.

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.

For I bring not a religion... but a Person, who loves people, who died for them on the cross. For Jesus died for the sins of the whole world and He will not that any one should perish. He understands every single individual.

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!

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.

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.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

Satan sometimes suggests that an offering will satisfy God, when in fact He is demanding our all.

Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me.