Quote

What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?

Jim Elliot

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
Bible Translator
Missionary
Translator
Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
Christ
Heart
Commentaries
Good
Commentary
Godly
Greek
Insight
Gift
Rest

More quotes by Jim Elliot

Image
I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
Jim Elliot
Image
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
Jim Elliot
Image
Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
Jim Elliot
Image
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.
Jim Elliot
Image
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.
Jim Elliot
Image
Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
Jim Elliot
Image
Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
Jim Elliot
Image
Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
Jim Elliot
Image
Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
Jim Elliot
Image
Rest in this-it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call, or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond, or what have you... The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will be the ultimate Word from God.
Jim Elliot
Image
Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
Jim Elliot
Image
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.
Jim Elliot
Image
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
Jim Elliot
Image
God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!
Jim Elliot
Image
It's hard to steer a parked car.
Jim Elliot
Image
For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
Jim Elliot
Image
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.
Jim Elliot
Image
Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
Jim Elliot
Image
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
Jim Elliot
Image
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.
Jim Elliot