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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTIf 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.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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 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.
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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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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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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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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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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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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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