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Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!

Jim Elliot

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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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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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Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
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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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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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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
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Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
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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 is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!
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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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Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
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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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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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Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.
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