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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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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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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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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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Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.
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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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Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
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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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What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?
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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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Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!
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Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
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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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I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
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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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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 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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Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
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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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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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