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!
ELISABETH ELLIOTThere is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
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The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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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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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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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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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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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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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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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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