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On Learning to Pray -Elisabeth Elliot-
“Learning to pray is learning to trust the wisdom, the power, and the love of our Heavenly Father, always so far beyond our dreams. He knows our need and knows ways to meet it that have never been...
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On the Only Escape from Self-Love -Elisabeth Elliot-
“The only escape from self-love is self-surrender.” See Matthew 16:25, John 15:9-11 Elisabeth Elliot, Keep a Quiet Heart (p.33)Filed under: Elisabeth Elliot, Humility, On Death, Pride,...
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On Excruciating Choices -Elisabeth Elliot-
“We want to pray. “Lord, please remove the dilemma.” Usually the answer is “No, not right away.” We must face it, pray over it, think about it, wait on the Lord, make a choice. Sometimes it is an...
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On the Cause of our Discontent -Elisabeth Elliot-
“The cause of our discontent: We simply do not believe God. The wilderness experience leads to the Promise Land. It is the path God chose for us. His Word is established forever, and He tells us in a...
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On Support Groups -Elisabeth Elliot-
“Christ is sufficient. We do not need “support groups” for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find...
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On Encountering the Cross -Elisabeth Elliot-
“To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss. The great symbol of Christianity means sacrifice and no one who calls...
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On Being Careful when Seeking Counsel -Elisabeth Elliot-
“The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.” ―...
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On Loving God (and His Will) -Elisabeth Elliot-
“To love God is to love His will. It is to wait quietly for life to be measured by One who knows us through and through. It is to be content with His timing and His wise appointment.” Elisabeth...
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On Having Time to Do the Will of God -Elisabeth Elliot-
“There is always enough time to do the will of God. For that we can never say, “I don’t have time.” When we find ourselves frantic and frustrated, harried and harassed and “hassled,” it is a sign that...
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On The Blessed Routine of a Mom and Wife -E. Elliot
“The routines of housework and of mothering may be seen as a kind of death, and it is appropriate that they should be, for they offer a chance, day after day, to lay down one’s life for others. Then...
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