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Elisabeth Elliot

@QuoteElisabeth

A collection of quotes by Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) Christ Follower • Missionary • Wife • Mother • Author • Speaker

 The Everlasting Arms
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“We’re not adrift in chaos. We’re held in the everlasting arms.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“God is omnipotent, never slumbering, just, righteous, and forever in control.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“‘He is risen!’ This is the proclamation of faith. It is often a waste of time and energy to argue with doubters-including ourselves. If we are assailed with unbelief, let us return to the bedrock of faith: the resurrection, for without this our faith is certainly vain.
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Let us shout (even alone with our private doubts) Christ is risen! It is a fact. Everything else is trivial by comparison.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“Thy list, not mine, be done.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“Here is the pattern for all who would do God's work with souls: faithful giving of the Word, a heart true and pure in seeking God's glory, gentleness, self-giving, and plain hard work.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“If God is Almighty, there can be no evil so great as to be beyond His power to transform. That transforming power brings light out of darkness, joy out of sorrow, gain out of loss, life out of death.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by Faith.” Elisabeth Elliot
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"See Christ in everything. See Christ in everybody." Elisabeth Elliot
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“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one’s thoughts.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“The question remains, is God paying attention? If so why doesn’t he do something? I say He has, He did, He is doing something and He will do something .” Elisabeth Elliot
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“We know in part. We see through a glass darkly. But it is worth our looking.” ~Elisabeth Elliot
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“Whatever the enemy of our souls can do to install doubt about the real purpose of the Father of our souls, he will certainly try do.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“His accompanying presence is guaranteed, all the way—even through the darkest shadows—to the house of the Lord.” ~Elisabeth Elliot
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“It makes the heart of God jealous when our possessions possess us.” ~Elisabeth Elliot
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“‘God has no problems,’ Corrie ten Boom said, ‘only plans.’ When ours are interrupted, his are not.” Elisabeth Elliot
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“The world is shaking with fear. "What will become of us? Where will it all end? What if Russia . ..? What if cancer ...? What if depression ..?" The love of God has wrapped us round from before the foundations of the world.
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If we fear Him--that is, if we are brought to our knees before Him, reverence and worship Him in absolute assurance of his sovereignty, we cannot possibly be afraid of anything else.
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“To love God is to destroy all other fear. To love the world is to be afraid of everything.” ~Elisabeth Elliot
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“It is always easier to add to the noise of the world than to be silent. Silence is a very precious thing.” ~Elisabeth Elliot
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