Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWhen ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable).
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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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 impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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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.
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If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!
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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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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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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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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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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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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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