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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

Jim Elliot

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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
Bible Translator
Missionary
Translator
Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
Would
Mine
Altars
Life
Value
Consume
World
Blood
Pour
Fire
Flows
Lord
Thou
Enveloping
Values
Save
Wilt
Father
Mines
Altar
Take
Flow
Thine

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