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Corinthians 4:5-12
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”
“But
the most important part of our task will be to tell everyone who
will listen that Jesus is the only answer to the problems that are
disturbing the hearts of men and of nations. We shall have the right to
speak because we can tell from our experience that His
light is more powerful than the deepest darkness.” (Betsie Ten Boom)
“...Every
day we see that misery only deepens. How wonderful that the reality
of His presence is greater than the reality of the hell about us!… All
of our efforts must go into bringing the gospel, for we shall have
many opportunities...” (Betsie Ten Boom)
“Bep's eyes
did not see the dirty throng around us. She was gazing into the future, and a
glow of happiness brightened her emaciated face.”
“Human
hearts are amazingly alike. As I talk with people… I frequently find the same
need, the same ignorance of what we can be in Jesus Christ if only
we accept the Bible in a simple, childlike way as the Word of God. The
Word that teaches us the foolishness of God that is wiser than the wisdom of
men… When we read the Bible, we should never use as our guide the
wisdom of men or the standards of our own reason.” (Currie Ten Boom)
“Faith
is the radar that sees reality through the clouds.” (Currie Ten Boom)
“I
am not a scholar but much of the little I do know, I learned as
I face death in front of the crematorium in Revensbruck. That is why God
sometimes uses me to help people who know far more than I.” (Currie Ten Boom)
