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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
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Portland
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Philip James Elliot
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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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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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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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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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Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.
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He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame. But flame is transient, often short lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul - short life? ... Make me thy fuel, Flame of God.
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Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
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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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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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Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
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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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Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
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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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Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
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For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
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Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
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Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
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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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Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.
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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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