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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWe can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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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 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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The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God, or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.
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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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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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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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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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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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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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What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.
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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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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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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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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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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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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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