The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
ELISABETH ELLIOTA quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.
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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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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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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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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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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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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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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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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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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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