“ We are always held in the love of God. We are never wholly at the mercy of other people - they are only second causes, and no matter how many second or third or fiftieth causes seem to be in control o… Elisabeth Elliot
“ To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss. The great symbol of Christianity means sacrifice and no one who calls… Elisabeth Elliot
“ The way we live ought to manifest the truth of what we believe. A messy life speaks of a messy and incoherent faith. Elisabeth Elliot
“ The heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself. Its emptiness is filled with the Love of God. Its solitude can be turned into prayer. Elisabeth Elliot
“ Steadfastness, that is holding on;Patience, that is holding back;Expectancy, that is holding the face up;Obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do;Listening, that is holding quiet… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Lord, break the chains that hold me to myself; free me to be Your happy slave—that is, to be the happy foot washer of anyone today who needs his feet washed, his supper cooked, his faults overlooked,… Elisabeth Elliot
“ If the yearning went away, what would we have to offer up to the Lord? Aren't they given to us to offer? It is the control of passion, not it's eradication, that is needed. Elisabeth Elliot
“ He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose. Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador Elisabeth Elliot
“ And I’ve come to see that it’s through the deepest suffering that God has taught me the deepest lessons. And if we’ll trust Him for it, we can come through to the unshakable assurance that He’s in cha… Elisabeth Elliot
“ A wedding is a celebration of marriage, of an institution ordained by God at the creation of man, to be entered into with solemnity as well as with joy. Elisabeth Elliot
“ A few clear pronouncements on one side and a few honest questions on the other had, in a matter of minutes, shown me that life was not going to be as simple, ever again, as I had thought. Elisabeth Elliot
“ So the woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts... Elisabeth Elliot
“ We want to avoid suffering, death, sin, ashes. But we live in a world crushed and broken and torn, a world God Himself visited to redeem. We receive his poured-out life, and being allowed the high pri… Elisabeth Elliot
“ The women of the Band were learning that if the Lord of Glory took a towel and knelt on the floor to wash the dusty feet of His disciples, then no work, even the relentless and often messy routine of… Elisabeth Elliot
“ Saral came one day with a idea for drawing the women to hear the Gospel. She would teach them to knit with some pink wool she had been given, 'and they will love me more and like to listen when I talk… 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 called the Rock-counsciousness of the promise given her, He g… Elisabeth Elliot
“ When life's flight is over, and we unload our cargo at the other end, the fellow who got rid of unnecessary weight will have the most valuable cargo to present to the Lord.Nate Elisabeth Elliot
