The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Nothing trains and teaches so powerfully as love. Love attracts. it does not coerce. If the aim of parents is to teach… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
To those of us who are not theologians, does it matter whether a thing is ordained or merely allowed? Are events that… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help others. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Where does your security lie? Is God your refuge, your hiding place, your stronghold, your shepherd, your counselor, your friend, your redeemer,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Sometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no.… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires. — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Lead me, Lord, to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me hear your word, give me grace to obey, to build steadily,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“What do women want today? What do men want? I mean, deep down. What do they really want? If ‘times’ have changed, have human… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
