I have one desire now — to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Elisabeth Elliot
Faith knows where to take questions – Elisabeth Elliot
Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
How I treat Jesus – Elisabeth Elliot
How I treat other people is exactly how I treat Jesus Christ.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Christianity makes you different – Elisabeth Elliot
The fact that I’m a woman doesn’t make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I’m a Christian does make me a different kind of woman.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
Mandatory Holiness – Elisabeth Elliot
Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
God will prune us – Elisabeth Elliot
Every now and then God prunes us. He thwarts our purposes.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
God’s Promise – Elizabeth Elliot
God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
God’s love allows suffering – Elisabeth Elliot
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering … The love of God did not protect His own Son… He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
God makes us wait – Elisabeth Elliot
He makes us wait. He keeps us on purpose in the dark. He makes us all when we want to run, sit when we want to walk, for He has things to do in our souls that we are not interested in.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
from Secure in the Everlasting Arms