--- title: "1 Extraordinary God Quotes By Jim Elliot" description: "1 Extraordinary God quotes by Jim Elliot. Plus more from Jim Elliot and more Extraordinary God sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg" --- > [Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-claiming-to-know-so/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg) ## More by Jim Elliot > [Children are arrows in a quiver, and they are to be trained as missionaries and shot at the Devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/children-are-arrows-in-a-quiver-and-they-are-to-be-trained-as/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/i-couldn-t-have-asked-for-more-than-god-in-deliberate-grace-has/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Rest in this-it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call, or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/rest-in-this-it-is-his-business-to-lead-command-impel-send-call-or/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/no-one-warns-young-people-to-follow-adam-s-example-he-waited-till-god/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/father-take-my-life-yea-my-blood-if-thou-wilt-and-consume-it-with/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/so-many-missionaries-intent-on-doing-something-forget-that-his-main/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Our young men are going into the professional fields because they don't 'feel called' to the mission field. We don't need a call; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/our-young-men-are-going-into-the-professional-fields-because-they-don/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/i-seek-not-a-long-life-but-a-full-one-like-you-lord-jesus/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/what-good-are-greek-commentaries-insight-gift-and-all-the-rest-if/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/lord-make-my-way-prosperous-not-that-i-achieve-high-station-but-that/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a face-wash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/we-wouldn-t-think-of-rising-in-the-morning-without-a-face-wash-but-we/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [“When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/when-the-time-comes-to-die-make-sure-that-all-you-have-to-do-is-die/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [It's hard to steer a parked car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/it-s-hard-to-steer-a-parked-car/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/what-a-brutish-master-sin-is-taking-the-joy-from-one-s-life-stealing/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) > [Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/father-make-of-me-a-crisis-man-bring-those-i-contact-to-decision-let/) [Jim Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-elliot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinary-god/jim-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "1 Extraordinary God Quotes By Jim Elliot", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Elliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-elliot/forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-claiming-to-know-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.” — Jim Elliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinary-god/jim-elliot/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinary-god/jim-elliot/", "name": "Extraordinary God Quotes by Jim Elliot", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinary-god/jim-elliot/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jim-elliot-7510_extraordinary_forgive-me-for-being-so-ordinary-while-c_1363464.jpg" }, "description": "1 Extraordinary God quotes by Jim Elliot. 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