Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.
ELISABETH ELLIOT
ELISABETH ELLIOT
Elisabeth Elliot on cruelty
Elisabeth Elliot66 quotes“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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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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Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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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Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.
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Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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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Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot 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.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.
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