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 ELLIOTIt 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.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, ‘Lord, what will you give me today to offer back to you?’
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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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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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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable).
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You are loved with an everlasting love. And underneath are the everlasting arms.
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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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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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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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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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The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived – not always looked forward to as though the “real” living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.
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