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

Elisabeth Elliot

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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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Better Desire Expectation God Heart Ourselves
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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Goal Heart Purity Thinking Yourself
When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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Happiness Himself Love Myself Obedience Thinking
We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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Body God Heart Ourselves
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
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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Heart Himself Learning Obedience Prayer Slow Sorrow
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.
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Acceptance Affection Authority Beginning Understand
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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Cruelty Forever Greatness Love Wrong
A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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Gentle Love Man Relationship Requirement Woman
A whole lot of what we call ‘struggling’ is simply delayed obedience.
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Obedience Simplicity Struggle
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
A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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Enough God Grace Heart Quite
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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Instant Life Oneself Surrender Time
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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End God Himself Journey Place Stop Travel
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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Believe God Himself Necessary Understand
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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Appearance Believe Big Control God

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