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Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.

Jim Elliot

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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
Bible Translator
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Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
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Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
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If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar.
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As your life is in His hands, so are the days of your life. But don’t let the sands of time get into the eye of your vision to reach those who sit in darkness. They simply must hear.
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God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!
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None of it gets to be 'old stuff', for it is Christ in print, the Living Word. We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a facewash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibility
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The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?
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Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
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Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
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Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
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I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
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We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would make us dangerous!
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I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.
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Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
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Eagles are very tolerant and very adaptable, but they have to get established first. When birds are setting up their breeding territory, they are the most susceptible to being discouraged.
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I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man.
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It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
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Live every day as if the Son of Man were at the door, and gear your thinking to the fleeting moment. Just how can it be redeemed? Walk as if the next step would carry you across the threshold of Heaven. Pray. That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.
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Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
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Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
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