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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
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Philip James Elliot
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Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
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No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.
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I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.
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He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.
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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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Surely those who know the great passionate heart of Jehovah must deny their own loves to share in the expression of His.
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I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
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Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
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Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it - while these never heard of such a thing as writing.
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I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.
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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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Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
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For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
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The will of God is sweet tonight, altogether ‘good and acceptable and perfect.’ The considerate love of the Lord Jesus for us seems such a kind thing now. I know it has always been so, but somehow I didn’t see how wise it was when it didn’t seem kind… Remind me of this when I cannot regard His love as considerate some time.
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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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Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
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