The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.
ELISABETH ELLIOTIf my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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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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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.
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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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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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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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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.
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A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.
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We can’t really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
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Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you
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Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God is of a different nature altogether. It does not hate tragedy. It never denies reality. It stands in the very teeth of suffering.
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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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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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God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!
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Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
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