Jim Elliot Quotes (17 Quotes)


    Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it - while these never heard of such a thing as writing.


    Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

    The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

    Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.


    It was pretty windy out there but the team played well. Phillips have a very young team so they should improve down the road.

    Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.

    I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.

    You're moving muscles and improving circulation in areas you can't when you're in a wheelchair on land or crutches or a walker.

    It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

    Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call or whatever you want to call it. It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond, or what have you.

    God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

    Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

    I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man.

    Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth

    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 a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.

    He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.


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