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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
Bible Translator
Missionary
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Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
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Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
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I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.
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Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
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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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Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
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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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Eagles are very tolerant and very adaptable, but they have to get established first. When birds are setting up their breeding territory, they are the most susceptible to being discouraged.
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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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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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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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Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
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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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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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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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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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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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Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
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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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For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
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