God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWorship 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.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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Faith’s most severe tests come not when we see nothing, but when we see a stunning array of evidence that seems to prove our faith vain.
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Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.
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It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given. One or the other becomes a habit of life.
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.
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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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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
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Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
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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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