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Corrie ten Boom 1892-1983 This page shares a new item each week from Corrie's writings. I never met Corrie ten Boom, but have been moved and blessed by her life and writings, and that's why they're being shared with you. She was a precious saint and it will be wonderful to meet her in heaven and thank her in person. ---E.W. Selections on this page came from: Corrie Ten Boom, Clippings from My Notebook, Fleming H. Revell, a division of Baker Book House Company; from Corrie Ten Boom, Each New Day, Word Wide Publications; from Tramp For The Lord,Fleming H. Revell Company, and other misc. sources. Two Men Died Two men died on the same day, one on a hill, one in a valley. He who died on the hill prayed for the men who killed Him, and during His terrible suffering He had compassion for His Mother. His name was Jesus. The other man killed himself on the tree that he had chosen. His name was Judas. When you make room for Jesus in your heart, He will give you His love in life and in death. "There are three things that remain faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love." (1 Cor. 13:13LB) Lord Jesus, thank You that in life and in death I belong to You. Hallelujah! Prayer "May I pray about the little problems of my life, or only about the big ones?" One day when I had a bad cold in the concentration camp, Betsie, my sister, prayed for a handkerchief for me. We laughed at the silliness of that prayer, but only a few minutes later a woman came by with a handkerchief for me! We do not know what God considers important. We do know that He answers prayers even tiny ones. A little girl cried because her very old doll was broken. Her father said, "Bring me your doll." Then he repaired it. Why did that grown up man give his time to mend such a worthless, ugly doll? He saw the doll through the eyes of the little one, because he loved his little daughter. So God sees your problems through your eyes because He loves you. "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him." (Psalm 103:11) Father, what a joy it is to know that we are Your children and live within Your constant care. Tightrope Walker So many people are like tightrope walkers. In one hand they have a sack filled with their unjust past, in the other hand a sack filled with the anticipated future. They are balancing between hope and despair. That attitude is wrong. Have you the Holy Spirit, or has the Holy Spirit You? "God has not given us a spirt of fear, but a spirit of power and love and a sound mind." (2 Tim.1:17 Phillips) Lord, with our weak hand in Your strong hand, we walk so victoriously. God's Work I am eighty-five years old and I am so thankful that I am able to continue the work I love. God has a plan for every life. All of us are called to be the light of the world wherever He places us. We are within His perfect guidance when we trust and obey Him. A tool does not decide where to work. It is the Master who decides where it is to be used. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." (Eph. 2:10) Lord, we may look forward to retirement from our earthly work, but You will use us wherever You guide us. What a privilege! Ambassadors for Christ A bishop from China told me: "I was a bishop in China for seventeen years, but I made mistaskes. I did not train the lay people as evangelists. Now there are no bishops or clergy in all of China. God made lay people to be evangelists, and we had the opportunity to train them, but we did not." Use the time you still have left to tell all the Christians you can reach that they are called to be ambassadors for Christ. They have the joyful and important calling of sharing the Good News. Work, for the night is coming, Under the sunset skies; While their bright tints are glowing, Work for daylight flies. Work till the last beam fadeth, Fadeth to shine no more; Work while the night is darkening, When man's work is o'er. Anna Coghill Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15) Part of our work can be to train others, Lord. Help us not to waste any opportunities, because circumstances can change so rapidly. History is His Story History is His story. God has a schedule for your life and mine, and a schedule for the whole world. We do not know the future but we know Him who has the future in His hand. Christian, stand firm knowing that we are co workers with God who fulfills His prophecies. Our outlook goes beyond this world to the hopeful expectation of the coming of Jesus, the Messiah, who will make all things new. In the difficult time that we are in now and which will become more difficult, a Christian is able to understand and will possess a heavenly peace that surpasses all understanding. (Pray) that you may be strong enough to come safely through all that is going to happen... (Luke 21:36 Phillips) Lord Jesus, thank You that we may always look to You and expect that You will constantly care for us, and anticipate a most joyful future when Your liberation will be fulfilled. The Earthquake Proof Church I once saw a church that was really no more than a ceiling; here it was canvas, there it was metal. The people told me that once they had a beautiful brick church, but they were in a country where Christianity was not allowed, and someone burned down the church. I told them that I was so sorry they had lost their building, but they smiled. "God does not make mistakes. Some time ago," they said, "there was an earthquake on a Sunday morning. A thousand people were under this ceiling. Had we been in a brick building, many would have been injured, but this ceiling just quaked along with the earthquake, and no one was hurt." "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose." (Rom. 8:28) O Lord, thank You that Your side of the embroidery of our life is always perfect. That is such a comfort when our side is sometimes so mixed up. Faith is the Victory In my late teens I was fortunate to hear Sadhu Sundar Singh speak about his experiences of actually seeing the Lord. When I met him during a walk, I told him of a worry I had. "Is there something wrong with my faith?" I asked. "I know that the Lord is with me, but I have never seen a vision or a miracle." The Sadhu answered, "That I know Jesus is alive is no miracle I have seen Him. But you, who have never seen Him, know His presence. Isn't that a miracle of the Holy Spirit?" "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." (1 Pet. 1:8) Lord, we thank You that the Holy Spirit moves us to believe beyond our inadequate senses. The Place of Stones It has been said that the removal of small stones which frequently encumber the fields does not always increase the crop. In many soils they are an advantage, attracting the moister and radiating the heat. In an experiment the results of removing the stones were so unfavorable to the crop that they were brought back again. We often cry to God, as Paul did, for the removal of some thorn in the flesh. Later experience teaches us that it was better for it to remain. "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Cor. 12:10) Your strength, my weakness here they always meet, When I lay down my burden at Your feet: The things that seem to crush will in the end Be seen as rungs on which I did ascend! Thank You, Lord. Heaven Think of stepping on shore and finding it heaven; taking hold of a hand and finding it God's hand; breathing new air and finding it celestial; feeling invigorated and finding it immortality; of passing through a tempest to a new and unknown ground; of waking up well and happy and finding it Home. "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." (1 Cor. 2:9) Lord, thank You that You have given us, Your children, eternal life here and now, and that we know that unspeakable joy is awaiting us. If Onlies You need Jesus. "If onliles" can become a barrier to Him. "If only my husband gave me more time and love." "If only my teenagers were more obedient." "If only I had more money." "If only my dad understood me better." Surrender your "if onlies." They stand in the way. When you surrender, you belong to the Lord, with all the "if onlies." That is good! The Spirit, however, produces in human life fruits such as these: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, fidelity, adaptability and self control... (Galatians 5:22, Phillips) Lord, teach us to rise above our petty problems, so that we may use all our talents to overcome the greater problems of the world. When? When are our sins covered by the sacrifice of Christ? When we confess them: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteouosness." (1 Jn. 1:9). But that is not the whole truth our sins were covered when Jesus Christ died on the cross more than nineteen hundred years ago. "He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:18) The problem is not that we sin but that we reject the remedy. Yes, Lord Jeusus, yes! I will not reject Your remedy. I confess my sin and accept Your answer. Jesus, the Author and Finisher of Our Faith Keep looking up and kneeling down. Then you can keep looking down from the position of Jesus' victory over your problems. He is willing to make you more than conqueror. Look around and be distressed Look within and be depressed Look at Jesus and be at rest. "...in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." (Rom. 8:37) Thank You, Lord Jesus, that we can look at You through faith and that You are the author and finisher of our faith. Hallelujah! We are One When Holland surrendered to Germany, Father and I walked in the street. We felt a great oneness with everybody around us. We were all together in the great suffering, humiliation, and defeat of our nation. Everybody talked with everybody else. I have never before or since experienced such oneness in the nation. It was a great blessing. We will be that way in the millennium, but the oneness will not be in misery but in our communication with the Lord. "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God." (Rev. 21:3) Lord Jesus, when we experience great closeness with our fellow men, that warmth and communication is only a foretaste of what we have waiting in store for us. What a blessing to anticipate. Hallelujah! God Has A Room For Me I was at the end of my first week in America and practically at the end of my money. The clerk at the YWCA had told me I could not stay there another week. Where should she forward my mail? "I don't know yet. God has a room for me but He has not told me where yet." I could see by the look on her face that she was concerned about me. Then she handed me a piece of mail she had overlooked. The letter was from a women who heard me speak in New York. She was offering me the use of her son's room. I gave the amazed clerk my new address after thanking God for His care. "But my God shall supply all your need..." (Phil. 4:19) Thank you, Lord, that we may know that our need is never greater than the Helper. The Battlefield Everyday life is our front line in the war against the devil. God Himself must decide where each of us is to fight. We cannot choose the battlefield we prefer. If you conquered a problem today in the strength of Jesus Christ, that was a victory. You are now stronger for the end battle. And though this world, with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed, His truth to triumph through us. The Prince of Darkness grim, We tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, For lo! his doom is sure; One little word shall fell him. Martin Luther "But thanks be unto God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Cor. 15:57) Give us the grace to fight wherever You choose to place us, Lord. Only You can see the battlefield completely; we see only one small part of it. Our Mistakes I once visited a weaver's school, where the students were making beautiful patterns. I asked, "When you make a mistake, must you cut it out and start from the beginning?" A student said, "No. Our teacher is such a great artist that when we make a mistake, he uses it to improve the beauty of the pattern." That is what the Lord does with our mistakes. He is the greatest artist but we must surrender. Surrender your blunders to the Lord. He can use them to make the pattern of your life more beautiful. Faith came singing into my room, And other guests took flight. Grief, anxiety, fear and gloom, Sped out into the night. I wondered that such peace could be, But Faith said gently, "Don't you see, That they can never live with me?" Elizabeth Cheney "...thy faith has made thee whole." (Matt. 9:22) Lord, we can be so depressed when we blunder. It is wonderful to know that our mistakes can be useful to you, because You are our Master Artist. From Head to Foot A prisoner told me, "I decided to follow Jesus, but politics, my car, power, and position came between God and me. This is judgment from God, that I am here." The shelf behind the door, Tear it down, throw it out, Don't use it anymore. For Jesus wants your dwelling, From the ceiling to the floor. He even wants that little shelf You keep behind the door. "And he left all, rose up, and followed him." (Luke 5:28) Lord, in Your love You want me 100 percent. I humble myself. Take me, Lord, from head to foot. Angels (continued from last week) When I was there in Moscow, my suitcase was the last to receive the attention of the Russian customs officer. "Is this your suitcase, lady?" he asked. "Yes." "It is a heavy one!" "Yes." He looked around. "Wait. I am done with my work. I can help you carry it to the Intourist car." He picked up the heavy suitcase and carried it to the car for me, never looking inside. How I rejoiced! ...He has said, "I will never fail you or forsake you." Hence we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me? (Heb. 13:5 RSV) Lord, give me the strength and wisdom to refuse to allow myself to be controlled by a difficult situation. I know that even ther hairs of my head are numbered. Angels I stood in the Moscow customs office, my suitcase full of Russian Bible I was smuggling into the country. I saw how the officers ransacked every suitcase, and I was afraid. I said, "Lord, You have said in the Bible that You watch over Your Word to perform it. The Bibles in my suitcase are Your Word, Lord. Watch over the Bibles." At that moment I saw light beings around my suitcase. They must have been angels. I can't describe them, for the moment I saw them, they disappeared. But so did my fears! "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Heb. 1:14) Thank You, Lord, that those who are with us are more in number and stronger than those who are against us. Hallelujah! The Name of Jesus Do you feel insecure when you talk to learned people about Jesus? They can ask such difficult questions! It is not your job to be wise. God has all the answers, not man. Be content to be an open channel for the Spirit of God. Be obedient and He will give you what you need to be victorious. God's children have power over Satan through the name of Jesus. As one long policeman has the power to stop hundreds of vehicles, so one lone believer has the authority to stop Satan and his demons. "And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name." (Luke10:17) Thank You, Lord, that You make such power and strength available to us. The Bible The Bible is a book which has been written in order that God's people may see God's way through life. It is an extremely practical book. Elijah had an attack of spiritual depression after his heroic effort on Mount Carmel (see I Kings 18, 19). He felt sorry for himself. What he really needed was sleep and food. God gave him both. "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Gal. 6:9) Lord, You know how tired I am. Will You give me a good night's rest and help me to discipline my diet? Show me if I have done my work in my own strength instead of working in the power of the Holy Spirit. Intercession We must bear the suffering of other Christians. We must not close our ears and eyes when so many Christians are persecuted. At present, about 60 percent of the Body of Christ are suffering tribulation. Our prayers for them are important and we can know by faith that God can lift their burdens from them through our intercession. "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." (Gal. 6:2) Lord, keep us aware of the possibility of suffering before You come again. Take away our fear and make us willing. Set Free On the day which I thought was my last day, the Dutch girl who stood beside me asked, "How do you know all this that you have told me about Jesus?" "I know it from the Bible," I answered. The girl accepted the Lord Jesus as we stood together than morning. I thought she was the last one I would bring to the Lord, but that morning I was set free, not killed. "...and, lo, I am with you always; even unto the end of the world. Amen." (Matt. 28:20) Lord, we do not know what this life has in store for us, but be it good or bad, we are willing to be used by You. Use us until that moment comes when we go from service good to service best--when You begin to use us in glory. The Bible The Bible is a book which has been written in order that God's people may see God's way through life. It is an extremely practical book. Elijah had an attack of spiritual depression after his heroic effort on Mount Carmel (see I Kings 18, 19). He felt sorry for himself. What he really needed was sleep and food. God gave him both. "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." (Gal. 6:9) Lord, You know how tired I am. Will You give me a good night's rest and help me to discipline my diet? Show me if I have done my work in my own strength instead of working in the power of the Holy Spirit. Set Free On the day which I thought was my last day, the Dutch girl who stood beside me asked, "How do you know all this that you have told me about Jesus?" "I know it from the Bible," I answered. The girl accepted the Lord Jesus as we stood together than morning. I thought she was the last one I would bring to the Lord, but that morning I was set free, not killed. "...and, lo, I am with you always; even unto the end of the world. Amen." (Matt. 28:20) Lord, we do not know what this life has in store for us, but be it good or bad, we are willing to be used by You. Use us until that moment comes when we go from service good to service best--when You begin to use us in glory.

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