“If they can be taught to hate, they can be taught to love.” -Betsie ten Boom, speaking to Corrie about the Nazi prison guards You sit still and trust the engineer.” -Corrie ten Boom “When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” -Corrie ten Boom What a liberation it is when you can forgive.” -Corrie ten Boom It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. … Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. “At that moment when I was able to forgive, my hatred disappeared. We can tell them how wonderful God is, and how His love will fill our lives, if only we will give up our hatred and bitterness.” -Betsie ten Boom ![]() No one will be able to say that they have suffered worse than us. After the war, we must go around telling people. “When Jesus Christ tells us to forgive our enemies, He gives us the power He demands of us.” -Corrie ten Boom “Any concern too small to be turned into prayer is too small to be made into a burden.” -Corrie ten Boom It empties today of its strength.” -Corrie ten Boom “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. These are some quotes from these godly sisters. This story is a must-read! Please check out my full book review by clicking here. I recently shared my book review on the heroic story of the ten Boom family during the Nazi occupation of Holland, as told in the story The Hiding Place. Listen to the podcast of this post by clicking on the player below, and you can also subscribe on Apple or Spotify. ►► Would you please prayerfully consider supporting this ministry? ◀︎◀︎ The Art Of Writing And The Gift Of Writers Reading The Bible With The Founding Fathers Click on a title to be taken to that review.Ĭhurchill’s Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare ![]() I love reading, and I love sharing my love of good books with others! Here is a list of the books I read and reviewed in 2021. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.Ħ. If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.ħ. Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for.Ĩ. A religion that is small enough for our understanding would not be big enough for our needs.ĩ. To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.ġ0. There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still (Betsie's words before she died).Listen to the podcast of this post by clicking on the player below, and you can also subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or Audible. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.ĥ. The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. ![]() When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself.ģ. Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.Ĥ. Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. 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. 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. ![]() And I, who had preached so often to the people in Bloemendaal the need to forgive, kept my hand at my side.Įven as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. "To think that, as you say, He has washed my sins away!" His hand was thrust out to shake mine. "How grateful I am for your message, Fraulein," he said. He came up to me as the church was emptying, beaming and bowing. War-time Pope secretly plotted to kill Hitlerġ. Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.Ģ.ISIS committed genocide against Yazidis, says Holocaust Memorial report.Christians and Jews are partners, not enemies, say Orthodox rabbis.Martin Luther: Reformer, man of God, antisemite.
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