Jim Elliot Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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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“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”
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“The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect.”
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“The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.”
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“Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.”
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“Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.”
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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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“Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.”
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“Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.”
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“Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.”
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“Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only doeth wonders. He does nothing else. His hand can work nothing less.”
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“Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.”
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“Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.”
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“Live every day as if the Son of Man were at the door, and gear your thinking to the fleeting moment. Just how can it be redeemed? Walk as if the next step would carry you across the threshold of Heaven. Pray. That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.”
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“If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar.”
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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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“The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.”
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“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!”
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“That saint who advances on his knees never retreats...”
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“I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.”
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“When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.”
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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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“Children are arrows in a quiver, and they are to be trained as missionaries and shot at the Devil.”
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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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“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love Him, please Him. Mayhap in mercy He shall give me a host of children that I may lead them through the vast star fields to explore His delicacies whose finger ends set them to burning. But if not, if only I may see Him, touch His garments, smile into His eyes - ah then, not stars nor children shall matter, only Himself.”
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“Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?”
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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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“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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