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 ELLIOTWhat God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.
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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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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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We have ample evidence that the Lord is able to guide. The promises cover every imaginable situation. All we need to do is to take the hand he stretches out.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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