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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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Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
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Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
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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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If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar.
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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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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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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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Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.
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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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Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
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Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
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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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Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my life as an oblation for the world. Blood is only of value as it flows before Thine altar
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For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
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Birds are extremely valued as indicators of overall environmental health. If there's a problem in a wild bird population, it's indicative that something went wrong.
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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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Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
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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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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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