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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.

Elisabeth Elliot

What I ought to do and what I feel like doing are seldom the same thing.
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Action Feeling Myself
Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
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Eliminate Faith Place Question
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
There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.
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Death Himself Live Worth
The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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Deep Hard Time Inspirational Lesson Myself Water
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
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Goal Heart Purity Thinking Yourself
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
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
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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Creation God Love Place Purpose Trust Yourself
It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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Deep Impossible Love Sacrifice
God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
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Character God Humble Myself Protection
We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.
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Body God Heart Ourselves
Sometimes life is so hard you can only do the next thing.Whatever that is just do the next thing.God will meet you there.
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God Hard Life Time Yourself
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
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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Design Himself Learning Life Myself Opportunity
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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Myself Need Reminder Talk

Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.

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