Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?
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Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for.
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True faith goes into operation when there are no answers.
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Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet.
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Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.
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For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?'
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.
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The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns.
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We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive his poured-out life, and being allowed the high privilege of suffering with Him, may then pour ourselves out for others.
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Faith's most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
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Action that is clearly right needs no justification.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
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Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
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If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.
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Lonely? Give it to Jesus. The loneliness itself is material for sacrifice.
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A whole lot of what we call 'struggling' is simply delayed obedience.
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Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.
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When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable.
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I am not a theologian or a scholar, but I am very aware of the fact that pain is necessary to all of us. In my own life, I think I can honestly say that out of the deepest pain has come the strongest conviction of the presence of God and the love of God.
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Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.
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I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.