"It seems disrespectful to me to see ladies……" — 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 be distracting to men who are trying to keep their minds on God."
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182 Quotes by Elisabeth Elliot
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Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then…
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Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on…
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Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things…
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If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls…
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In whatever God does in the course of our lives, he gives us, through the experience, some power to help…
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Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in…
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She had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions; she was fully satisfied of…
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It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than to complain about what is not given.…
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The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?
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All our problems are theological ones, William Temple said. All of them have to do with our relationship to God…
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Are you afraid? Remember the "fear nots" of the Bible.
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For one who has made thanksgiving the habit of his life, the morning prayer will be, 'Lord, what will you…
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