Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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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.
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The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
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The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
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The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.
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It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.
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God gives all God asks all
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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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Are you afraid? Remember the "fear nots" of the Bible.
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Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don't need to search any further for security.
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The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.
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God never witholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. God's refusals are always merciful -- "severe mercies" at times but mercies all the same. God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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If you have lost your life, remember that He promises that you will find it.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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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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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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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.
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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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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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Action that is clearly right needs no justification.
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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.