God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.
ELISABETH ELLIOTGod never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.
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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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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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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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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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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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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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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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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 devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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