--- title: "21 Ifs Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot" description: "21 Ifs quotes by Elisabeth Elliot. Plus more from Elisabeth Elliot and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_demand_god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if_1454464.png" --- > [God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if-i-demand-that-he-act-in-ways/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_demand_god-is-god-i-dethrone-him-in-my-heart-if_1454464.png) > [If you have lost your life, remember that He promises that you will find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-you-have-lost-your-life-remember-that-he-promises-that-you-will/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/elisabeth-elliot-1209_ifs_if-you-have-lost-your-life-remember-that_702881.png) > [Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/everything-if-given-to-god-can-become-your-gateway-to-joy/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/elisabeth-elliot-1209_gateway_everything-if-given-to-god-can-become-yo_108761.png) > [If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-it-were-not-for-uncertainties-we-would-have-no-need-to-walk-by/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/elisabeth-elliot-1209_doubt_if-it-were-not-for-uncertainties-we-woul_2103075.png) > [If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-all-struggles-and-sufferings-were-eliminated-the-spirit-would-no/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/elisabeth-elliot-1209_children_if-all-struggles-and-sufferings-were-eli_1998650.png) > [Most of the time we like the idea of our own freedom. There are times when we do not at all like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/most-of-the-time-we-like-the-idea-of-our-own-freedom-there-are-times/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/elisabeth-elliot-1209_freedom_most-of-the-time-we-like-the-idea-of-our_3004675.png) > [What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, “let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/what-sort-of-world-might-it-have-been-if-eve-had-refused-the-servants/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/elisabeth-elliot-1209_has-beens_what-sort-of-world-might-it-have-been-if_2477277.jpg) > [If you are married, then accept that. Accept the husband that God has given you. If you are single, accept your singleness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-you-are-married-then-accept-that-accept-the-husband-that-god-has/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/elisabeth-elliot-1209_accepting_if-you-are-married-then-accept-that-acce_3087608.jpg) > [If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-you-take-being-a-father-seriously-you-ll-know-that-you-re-not-big/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/elisabeth-elliot-1209_being-a-father_if-you-take-being-a-father-seriously-you_2042809.png) > [Nothing trains and teaches so powerfully as love. Love attracts. it does not coerce. If the aim of parents is to teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/nothing-trains-and-teaches-so-powerfully-as-love-love-attracts-it/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/elisabeth-elliot-1209_aim_nothing-trains-and-teaches-so-powerfully_347626.png) > [If God, like a father, denies us what we want now it is in order to give us some far better thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-god-like-a-father-denies-us-what-we-want-now-it-is-in-order-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/elisabeth-elliot-1209_assured_if-god-like-a-father-denies-us-what-we-w_1877762.png) > [Does God ask us to do what is beneath us? This question will never trouble us again if we consider the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/does-god-ask-us-to-do-what-is-beneath-us-this-question-will-never/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/elisabeth-elliot-1209_asks_does-god-ask-us-to-do-what-is-beneath-us_2636590.jpg) > [If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road abuse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-we-do-anything-to-further-the-kingdom-of-god-we-may-expect-to-find/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/elisabeth-elliot-1209_abuse_if-we-do-anything-to-further-the-kingdom_440633.jpg) > [A wife, if she is very generous, may allow that her husband lives up to perhaps eighty percent of her expectations. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/a-wife-if-she-is-very-generous-may-allow-that-her-husband-lives-up-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/elisabeth-elliot-1209_chips_a-wife-if-she-is-very-generous-may-allow_2132932.png) > [One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/one-morning-i-was-reading-the-story-of-jesus-feeding-of-the-five/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/elisabeth-elliot-1209_blessing_one-morning-i-was-reading-the-story-of-j_647073.png) > [Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/heaven-is-not-here-it-s-there-if-we-were-given-all-we-wanted-here-our/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/elisabeth-elliot-1209_forever_heaven-is-not-here-it-s-there-if-we-were_2952254.png) > [Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/silence-as-someone-has-said-is-the-mother-of-prayer-and-the-nurse-of/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/elisabeth-elliot-1209_being-quiet_silence-as-someone-has-said-is-the-mothe_1840379.png) > [Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/experience-has-taught-me-that-the-shepherd-is-far-more-willing-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/elisabeth-elliot-1209_failing_experience-has-taught-me-that-the-shephe_3122951.png) > [I asked Him to give me the prayers He wants me to pray and to give or withhold anything according to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-asked-him-to-give-me-the-prayers-he-wants-me-to-pray-and-to-give-or/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/elisabeth-elliot-1209_asks_i-asked-him-to-give-me-the-prayers-he-wa_3146690.jpg) > [The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-pain-of-loneliness-is-one-way-in-which-he-wants-to-get-our/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/elisabeth-elliot-1209_absent_the-pain-of-loneliness-is-one-way-in-whi_115906.jpg) > [You will never understand why God does what He does, but if you believe Him, that is all that is necessary. Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/you-will-never-understand-why-god-does-what-he-does-but-if-you/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/elisabeth-elliot-1209_believe_you-will-never-understand-why-god-does-w_721294.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Elisabeth Elliot > [All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God and his to us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/all-our-problems-are-theological-ones-william-temple-said-all-of-them/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/discipline-for-the-christian-begins-with-the-body-we-have-only-one-it/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies in church in very short skirts or skimpy, sleeveless tops. I would imagine that it could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/it-seems-disrespectful-to-me-to-see-ladies-in-church-in-very-short/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [The deepest lessons come out of the deepest waters and the hottest fires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-deepest-lessons-come-out-of-the-deepest-waters-and-the-hottest/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Everything if given to God can become your gateway to joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/everything-if-given-to-god-can-become-your-gateway-to-joy/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Lead me, Lord, to the Rock that is higher than I. Let me hear your word, give me grace to obey, to build steadily,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/lead-me-lord-to-the-rock-that-is-higher-than-i-let-me-hear-your-word/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Experience had quickly taught her that she could not survive the storms without the anchor of the constraining love of Christ and what she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/experience-had-quickly-taught-her-that-she-could-not-survive-the/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [The pain of loneliness is one way in which he wants to get our attention. We may be earnestly desiring to be obedient and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-pain-of-loneliness-is-one-way-in-which-he-wants-to-get-our/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [“If men and women were surer of their God there would be more genuine manliness, womanliness, and godliness in the world, and a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/if-men-and-women-were-surer-of-their-god-there-would-be-more-genuine/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [I believe with all my heart God's Story has a happy ending. . . But not yet, not necessarily yet. It takes faith to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-believe-with-all-my-heart-god-s-story-has-a-happy-ending-but-not/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [“I do know that waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/i-do-know-that-waiting-on-god-requires-the-willingness-to-bear/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [“What do women want today? What do men want? I mean, deep down. What do they really want? If ‘times’ have changed, have human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/what-do-women-want-today-what-do-men-want-i-mean-deep-down-what-do/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage our affairs as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/god-will-never-disappoint-us-if-deep-in-our-hearts-we-suspect-that/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [Muddled thinking inevitably results in muddled living](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/muddled-thinking-inevitably-results-in-muddled-living/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) > [The world cries for men who are strong--strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer. I pray that you will be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-elliot/the-world-cries-for-men-who-are-strong-strong-in-conviction-strong-to/) [Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-elliot/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/elisabeth-elliot/#itemlist", "name": "21 Ifs Quotes By Elisabeth Elliot", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "God is God. 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