God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
ELISABETH ELLIOTThere is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.
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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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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.
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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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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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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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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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived – not always looked forward to as though the “real” living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.
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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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If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look ‘little’ or ‘big’.
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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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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.
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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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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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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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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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