Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
ELISABETH ELLIOTFaith’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.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing later on. The will of God, we can rest assured, is invariably a better thing.
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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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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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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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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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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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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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Heaven is not here, it’s There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather than the next. God is forever luring us up and away from this one, wooing us to Himself and His still invisible Kingdom, where we will certainly find what we so keenly long for
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I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me. Nothing is too big to ask of Him, not even an ocean lot. It is God’s business to decide if it is good for me. It is my business to obey Him.
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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.
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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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