The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else, would set our hearts at rest, and we would discover the simpler life, the greater peace.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWhat God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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I believe with all my heart God’s Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to hold on to that in the face of the great burden of experience, which seems to prove otherwise.
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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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Either we are adrift in chaos or we are individuals, created, loved, upheld and placed purposefully, exactly where we are. Can you believe that? Can you trust God for that?
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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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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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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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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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God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.
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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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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
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