I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
ELISABETH ELLIOTUntil the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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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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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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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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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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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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A spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.
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I believe with all my heart God’s Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold on to that in the face of the great burden of experience, which seems to prove otherwise.
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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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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The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
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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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