Corrie Ten Boom
(1892–1983)
Corrie Ten Boom was a Dutch, Christian, Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Corrie was living with her older sister and her father in Haarlem when Holland surrendered to the Nazis. She was 48, unmarried and worked as a watchmaker in the shop that her grandfather had started in 1837. Corrie's involvement with the Dutch underground began with her acts of kindness in giving temporary shelter to her Jewish neighbors who were being driven out of their homes. Soon the word spread, and more and more people came to her home for shelter. As quickly as she would find places for them, more would arrive. She returned to Germany in 1946, and traveled the world as a public speaker, appearing in over sixty countries, during which time she wrote many books. Her autobiography, The Hiding Place, was later made into a movie of the same name. In December, 1967, Ten Boom was honored as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel. In 1977, Ten Boom, then 85 years old, moved to Orange, California. Successive strokes in 1978 took away her powers of speech and communication and left her an invalid for the last five years of her life. She died on her birthday, April 15, 1983, at the age of 91.
Corrie Ten Boom was a Dutch, Christian, Holocaust survivor who helped many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Corrie was living with her older sister and her father in Haarlem when Holland surrendered to the Nazis. She was 48, unmarried and worked as a watchmaker in the shop that her grandfather had started in 1837. Corrie's involvement with the Dutch underground began with her acts of kindness in giving temporary shelter to her Jewish neighbors who were being driven out of their homes. Soon the word spread, and more and more people came to her home for shelter. As quickly as she would find places for them, more would arrive. She returned to Germany in 1946, and traveled the world as a public speaker, appearing in over sixty countries, during which time she wrote many books. Her autobiography, The Hiding Place, was later made into a movie of the same name. In December, 1967, Ten Boom was honored as one of the Righteous Among the Nations by the State of Israel. In 1977, Ten Boom, then 85 years old, moved to Orange, California. Successive strokes in 1978 took away her powers of speech and communication and left her an invalid for the last five years of her life. She died on her birthday, April 15, 1983, at the age of 91.
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Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
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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.
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It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog-the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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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.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Dont pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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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 devil shouts for joy.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.
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source:
http://christian-quotes.ochristian.com/Corrie-Ten-Boom-Quotes/
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Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.
---
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.
---
It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts.
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Faith is like radar that sees through the fog-the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.
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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.
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The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
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Dont pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.
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Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
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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 devil shouts for joy.
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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.
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source:
http://christian-quotes.ochristian.com/Corrie-Ten-Boom-Quotes/