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Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.

Elisabeth Elliot

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Elisabeth Elliot
Age: 88 †
Born: 1926
Born: December 21
Died: 2015
Died: June 15
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George Macdonald said, 'If you knew what God knows about death you would clap your listless hands', but instead I find old people in North America just buying this whole youth obsession. I think growing older is a wonderful privilege. I want to learn to glorify God in every stage of my life.
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The one who loves knows better than anyone else how to conduct himself, how to serve the one he loves. Love prescribes an answer in a given situation as no mere rule can do.
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Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.
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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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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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Loneliness itself is material for sacrifice. The very longings themselves can be offered to Him who understands perfectly. The transformation into something He can use for the good of others takes place only when the offering is put into his hands.
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Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.
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The world cries for men who are strong strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.
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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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The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God’s.
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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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If God gave it to me, we say it's mine. I can do what I want with it. No. The truth is that it is ours to thank Him for and ours to offer back to Him, ours to relinquish, ours to lose, ours to let go of - if we want to find our true selves, if we want real Life, if our hearts are set on glory.
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Here lies the tremendous mystery - that God should be all-powerful, yet refuse to coerce. He summons us to cooperation. We are honored in being given the opportunity to participate in his good deeds. Remember how He asked for help in performing his miracles: Fill the water pots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves.
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Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
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