If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
ELISABETH ELLIOTFaith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.
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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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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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Choices will continually be necessary and — let us not forget — possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.
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If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look ‘little’ or ‘big’.
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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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Our Heavenly Healer often has to hurt us in order to heal us. We sometimes fail to recognize His mighty love in this, yet we are firmly held always in the Everlasting Arms.
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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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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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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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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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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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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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