Best Jim Elliot Sayings
- Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness. Dogmatism
- Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only… Aura
- I pray for you, that all your misgivings will be melted to thanksgivings. Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size… All
- Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes,… Ah
- Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living. Appetite
- Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God. Claiming
- The will of God is sweet tonight, altogether ‘good and acceptable and perfect.’ The considerate love of the Lord Jesus for us seems such a… Acceptable
- If we are the sheep of His pasture, remember that sheep are headed for the altar. Altar
- The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable… Acceptable
- I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with! Asked
- It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action. Believers who know one-tenth as much… Action
- Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me… Bring
- I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus. Full
- Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond... Business
- I pray that the Lord might crown this year with His goodness and in the coming one give you a hallowed dare-devil spirit in lifting… Agony