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In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others.

Elisabeth Elliot

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Elisabeth Elliot
Age: 88 †
Born: 1926
Born: December 21
Died: 2015
Died: June 15
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Things which sound like platitudes become vital, living and powerful when you have to learn them in the bottom of the barrel, in dark tunnels.
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The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived - not always looked forward to as though the real living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow.
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The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?
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The heart set to do the Father's will, need never fear defeat.
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Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with discipline.
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Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she called the Rock-counsciousness of the promise given her, He goeth before.
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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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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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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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When you don't know what to do, do the thing in front of you.
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No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.
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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.
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God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don't have now, we don't need now.
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Faith has to be exercised in the midst of ordinary, down-to-earth living.
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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.
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No marriage can survive without forgiveness. Marriage is a long term commitment between two sinners.
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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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It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
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When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.
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