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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTOne does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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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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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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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 prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.
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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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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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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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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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I’m convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
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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 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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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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