Corrie Ten Boom Quotes

Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.

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.

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.

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

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

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

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

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

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

Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.

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

There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still.

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.

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

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 an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.

It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

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

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

God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing."

Don't worry about what you do not understand... Worry about what you do understand in the Bible, but do not live by.

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

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.

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

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

There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.

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

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

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

We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives

Worries carry responsibilitie s that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.

Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible."---Each New Day

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.

If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.

There are no 'ifs' in God's Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside it.

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

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

Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

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

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.

There are no 'if's' in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety - let us pray that we may always know it!

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.

God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART

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