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.
ELISABETH ELLIOTUntil the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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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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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 man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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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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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.
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