Elisabeth Elliot

Reckless abandon for the Lord – Elisabeth Elliot

I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

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Complete Trust in God – Elisabeth Elliot

Are we still willing to place our complete trust in God, believing that He really does know what He’s doing?

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Don’t hold onto tomorrow – Elisabeth Elliot

Once we give ourselves to God, shall we attempt to get hold of what can never belong to us — tomorrow?

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Conformed to the Likeness of Christ – Elisabeth Elliot

The place where we are [at now] is God’s schoolroom, not somewhere else. Here we may be conformed to the likeness of Christ.

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Redemptive work always has suffering – Elisabeth Elliot

There is, in fact, no redemptive work done anywhere without suffering.

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Guidance Demands Obedience – Elisabeth Elliot

Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How many momentous events in Scripture depended on one person’s seemingly small act of obedience! Rest assured: Do what God tells you to do now, and, depend upon it, you will be shown what to do next.

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