God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Freedom begins way back. It begins not with doing what you want but with doing what you ought - that is, with… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
It is when we come to the Lord in our nothingness, our powerlessness and our helplessness that He then enables us to… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
One way to begin to see how vastly indulgent we usually are is to fast. It is a long day that is… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
The way you keep your house, the way you organize your time, the care you take in your personal appearance, the things… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that He act in ways that satisfy my idea of… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Faith is not an instinct. It certainly is not a feeling - feelings don't help much when you're in the lions' den… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it… — 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… — 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
