Faith’s most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWe cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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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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The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it’s going to be a lot better and a lot bigger.
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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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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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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to.
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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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We can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
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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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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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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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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 secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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