Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.
All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us, and this is precisely why it makes sense to come to God with them.
Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.
Among the most joyful people I have known have been some who seem to have had no human reason for joy. The sweet fragrance of Christ has shown through their lives.
The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.
God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.
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?
The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.
Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord of heaven taking a towel and washing feet.
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.
The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?
If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.
Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.
We have ample evidence that the Lord is able to guide. The promises cover every imaginable situation. All we need to do is to take the hand he stretches out.
Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.
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.
It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could be distracting to men who are trying to keep their minds on God.
The heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself. Its emptiness is filled with the Love of God. Its solitude can be turned into prayer.
We are women, and my plea is Let me be a woman, holy through and through, asking for nothing but what God wants to give me, receiving with both hands and with all my heart whatever that is.
Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men
A little quiet reflection will remind me that yes to God always leads in the end to joy.
One step at a time, over the years, as I sought to plumb the mystery of suffering (which cannot be plumbed), I began to see that there is a sense in which everything is a gift. Even my widowhood.
No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.
It is when we come to the Lord in our nothingness, our powerlessness and our helplessness that He then enables us to love in a way which, without Him, would be absolutely impossible.
The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith.
The question is simply,'Who is your master?'Once that's settled, you ask whether any word have been spoken. If it has, you have your orders.
Prostitutes dress obviously, so as to draw attention. It's their business, isn't it? The last thing that a Christian woman is thinking of is being like a prostitute.
Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.
Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.
Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.
Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.
I will offer to Him both my tears and my exultation. Nothing we offer to Him will be lost.
