The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God, or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.
ELISABETH ELLIOTA man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.
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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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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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Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.
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Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now!
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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else, would set our hearts at rest, and we would discover the simpler life, the greater peace.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.
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Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms.
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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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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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The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.
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It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is.
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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
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