Jim Elliot Quotes

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• Why do you need a voice when you have a verse?
• He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the…
• What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?
• I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence…
• God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is…
• The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes…
• When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die.
• He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.
• Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.
• Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only…
• Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is…
• As your life is in His hands, so are the days of your life. But don’t let the sands of time get into the eye…
• The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.
• Desire is the putting of my will into God’s concern. It’s not a passive, sitting back in your easy chair, folding your arms sort of…
• None of it gets to be 'old stuff', for it is Christ in print, the Living Word. We wouldn't think of rising in the morning…
• Father, let me be weak that I might loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let me loose the…
• That saint who advances on his knees never retreats...
• I have prayed for new men, fiery, reckless men, possessed of uncontrollably youthful passion-these lit by the Spirit of God. I have prayed for new…
• In my own experience I have found that the most extravagant dreams of boyhood have not surpassed the great experience of being in the Will…
• 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 need…

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