Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom
Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boomwas a Dutch watchmaker and Christian who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. She was imprisoned for her actions. Her most famous book, The Hiding Place, describes the ordeal...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth15 April 1892
Corrie Ten Boom quotes about
christian prayer godly
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
miracle lessons firsts
He uses our problems for His miracles. This was my first lesson in learning to trust Him completely...
roots weather new-day
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
love-is world force
Love is the strongest force in the world.
jesus dark light
If it’s dark everywhere, you can become so discouraged. You might doubt whether light still exists. But even if you can’t see the Lord, He sees you and me. Jesus said, 'And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age' (Matt. 28:20). When it’s necessary, He suddenly says, 'I’m still here!'
hiding-place ability response
It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
jesus healing men
Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him....Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness....And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself.
inspirational life motivational
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
devil ears praying
The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.
lying hands potters
You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender.
life school class
The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
memories past keys
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.
christian fear worry
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
humility pride voice
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.