If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
ELISABETH ELLIOTWe 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.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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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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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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I’m convinced that there is nothing that can happen to me in this life that is not precisely designed by a sovereign Lord to give me the opportunity to learn to know Him.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
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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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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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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The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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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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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.
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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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