The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
ELISABETH ELLIOTIf it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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You 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.
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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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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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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 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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Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
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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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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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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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