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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTRemind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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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 spirit of restlessness and resistance can never wait, but one who believes he is loved with an everlasting love, and knows that underneath are the everlasting arms, will find strength and peace.
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The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
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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 man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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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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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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me. Nothing is too big to ask of Him, not even an ocean lot. It is God’s business to decide if it is good for me. It is my business to obey Him.
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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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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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