The older I get, the more I am aware of my desperate need of Christ Himself. I want to listen and learn and glorify Him
– Elizabeth Elliot –
Elisabeth Elliot
The World Cries For Men Who Are Strong – Elizabeth Elliot
The world cries for men who are strong: strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray you will be that kind of man, glad that God made you a man, glad to shoulder the burden of manliness in a time when to do so will often bring contempt
– Elizabeth Elliot –
October 22, 2014
God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.
– Elizabeth Elliot –
July 8, 2014
If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand but would be safer in mine!
– Elisabeth Elliot –
June 26, 2014
The older I get, the more I am aware of my desperate need of Christ Himself. I want to listen and learn and glorify Him.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
September 12, 2013
The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. “If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,” Jesus said, “he will find his true self.”
– Elisabeth Elliot –
August 19, 2013
The heart set to do the Father’s will need never fear defeat.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
May 20, 2013
The only crown Jesus ever wore on earth was a crown of thorns.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
January 7, 2013
The love life of a Christian is a crucial battleground. There, if nowhere else, it will be determined as to who is Lord: the world, the self and the devil, or the Lord Christ.
– Elisabeth Elliot –
from Passion and Purity