Corrie ten Boom citáty

„Nikdy se nebojte věřit neznámé budoucnosti známému Bohu.“

„Když se podíváte na svět, budete se trápit. Pokud se podíváte do svého nitra, upadnete do deprese. Pokud se podíváte na Boha, budete v klidu.“

„Od toho je tu minulost! Každá zkušenost, kterou nám Bůh dá, každý člověk, kterého nám vloží do života, je dokonalou přípravou na budoucnost, kterou může vidět jen On.“

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

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“Dear Jesus… how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.”

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

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

“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”

“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”

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

“….. joy runs deeper than despair.”

“In darkness God's truth shines most clear.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still; with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.”

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

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

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

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

“when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus”

“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!”

“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.”

“Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way… God can give us the perfect way.”

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