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.
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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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look ‘little’ or ‘big’.
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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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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 quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.
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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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God is God. Because he is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to.
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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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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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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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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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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