Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don’t need to search any further for security.
ELISABETH ELLIOTYou will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let us learn to trust Him for who He is.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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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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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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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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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.
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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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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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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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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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Heaven is not here, it’s There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for
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