Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
The Word of God I think of as a straight edge, which shows up our own crookedness. We can't really tell how crooked our thinking is until we line it up with the straight edge of Scripture.
Nothing has done more damage to the Christian view of life than the hideous notion that those who are truly spiritual have lost all interest in the world and its beauties.
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.
The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life.
If He is God, He is still in charge.
But God has set no traps for us. Quite the contrary. He has summoned us to the only true and full freedom.
But you will find yourself disarmed utterly, and your accusing spirit transformed into loving forgiveness the moment you remember that you did, in fact, marry only a sinner, and so did he.
What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the Serpents offer and had said to him instead, "Let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be -- let me be a woman?
God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness.
Christianity teaches righteousness, not rights. It emphasizes honor, not equality. A Christian's concern is what is owed to the other, not what is owed to himself.
A young woman asked the great preacher Charles Spurgeon if it was possible to reconcile God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility. “Young woman, ” said he. “You don’t reconcile friends
Some of God's greatest mercies are in his refusals. He says no in order that he may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.
He says no in order that He may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes. All His ways with us are merciful. His meaning is always love.
God will never disappoint us. He loves us and has only one purpose for us : holiness, which in His kingdom equals joy.
If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as well as we can, we certainly will not submit to His discipline.
I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don’t expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.