We can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
ELISABETH ELLIOTA man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me. Nothing is too big to ask of Him, not even an ocean lot. It is God’s business to decide if it is good for me. It is my business to obey Him.
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Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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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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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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Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.
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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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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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I’m convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
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