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What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.

Elisabeth Elliot

When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
ELISABETH ELLIOT

Happiness Himself Love Myself Obedience Thinking
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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Day Faith Life Live Reality Responsibility Time
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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Business Eyes Future Myself Present See Spiritual
It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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Deep Impossible Love Sacrifice
Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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Fear Imagination Ourselves Rise
There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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Death Himself Live Worth
The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
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Blessing Care Discipline God Himself Man Seek Walk
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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Act Discipline Experience Feeling Mindset Worship
If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.
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Faith Need Religious Uncertain Unknown Walk
Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
ELISABETH ELLIOT

God Himself Mercy Perspective Rejection Time
We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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Body God Heart Ourselves
The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
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Business Devil Element Himself Noise Peace Quiet
Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer, your saviour, your guide? If He is, you don’t need to search any further for security.
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God Guide Hide Himself Lying Place Search Security Yourself
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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Complain Gratitude Habit Life Possible Satisfaction Thankful
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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Failure Healing Heaven Himself Order Recognition
Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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Hands Leaving Wound Yourself

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