Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
ELISABETH ELLIOTOf one thing I am perfectly sure: God’s story never ends with ‘ashes.
More Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
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The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.
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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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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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A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.
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The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God, or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.
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Sometimes God’s refusals are His mercies.
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Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us.
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To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.
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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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God never denies us our hearts desire except to give us something better.
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Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.
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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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I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
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I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his plan for me. Nothing is too big to ask of Him, not even an ocean lot. It is God’s business to decide if it is good for me. It is my business to obey Him.
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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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