Top 180 Corrie ten Boom Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “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.”

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

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53. “A man is powerful on his knees.”

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54. “The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.”

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55. “You know, eternal life does not start when we go to heaven. It starts the moment you reach out to Jesus. He never turns His back on anyone. And He is waiting for you...”

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56. “God, make me willing to be made willing.”

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57. “When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.”

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58. “Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.”

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59. “In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.”

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60. “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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61. “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.”

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62. “You can’t love God without loving the Jewish people.”

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63. “Only Heaven will reveal the top part of God’s tapestry.”

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

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65. “Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.”

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66. “Expect resistance but pray for miracles!”

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67. “Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.”

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

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69. “The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.”

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70. “The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.”

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71. “The amount of God’s love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.”

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72. “He uses our problems for His miracles. This was my first lesson in learning to trust Him completely...”

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73. “Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors.”

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

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

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76. “Children need the wisdom of their elders; the aging need the encouragement of a child’s exuberance.”

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77. “We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.”

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

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79. “Don’t hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can’t take it from you.”

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80. “When you are covered by His wings, it can get pretty dark.”

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81. “What a sad mistake we sometimes make when we think that God only cares about Christians.”

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82. “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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83. “No matter how deep our darkness, he is deeper still.”

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84. “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.”

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85. “Discernment is God’s call to intercession, never to faultfinding.”

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86. “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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87. “Forgiveness is not an emotion; it is an act of the will.”

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88. “Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one’s own secret sin didn’t matter.”

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89. “In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.”

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90. “There is an ocean of Gods love available-there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love-whatever the circumstances.”

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91. “Perhaps only when human effort had done it’s best and failed, would God’s power alone be free to work.”

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92. “We are not a postwar generation, but a pre-peace generation. Jesus is coming.”

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93. “If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.”

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94. “If God has shown us bad times ahead, it’s enough for me that He knows about them. That’s why He sometimes shows us things, you know – to tell us that this too is in His hands.”

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95. “The Lord never makes a mistake. One day, when we are in heaven, I’m sure we shall see the answers to the whys.”

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96. “Jesus Christ is able to untangle all the snarls in your soul, to banish all your complexes, and to transform even your fixed habit patterns, no matter how deeply they are etched in your subconscious.”

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97. “Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery there is a crown...”

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98. “Love is larger than the walls which shut it in.”

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99. “And our wise Father in heaven knows when we’re going to need things too. Don’t run out ahead of Him.”

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100. “I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.”

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