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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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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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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.
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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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Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
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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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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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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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God deliver me from the dread asbestos of “other things.” Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame.
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Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
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It's hard to steer a parked car.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action. Believers who know one-tenth as much as we do are doing one-hundred times more for God, with His blessing and our criticism. Oh if I could write it, preach it, say it, paint it, anything at all, if only God's power would become known among us.
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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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