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• One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.

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  Maturity, Years, Accomplishment

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• O God, I confess I am not worthy to rock that little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with the care of a child and its mother. How is it that I without any merit have come to this distinction of being certain that I am serving thy creature and thy most precious will? Oh, how gladly will I do so. Though the duty should be even more insignificant and despised, neither frost nor heat, neither drudgery nor labor will distress me for I am certain that it is thus pleasing in thy sight.

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  Mother, Children, Rocks

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• The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.

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  Christian, Jesus, Men

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• The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude?

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  Christian, Silence, Solitude

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• The heart set to do the Father's will need never fear defeat. His promises of guidance may be fully counted upon. Does it make sense to believe that the Shepherd would care less about getting His sheep where He wants them to go than they care about getting there?

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  Father, Believe, Heart

  Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.50, Revell

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• I seek the lessons God wants to teach me, and that means that I ask why.

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  Mean, Lessons, Want

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted World”, p.18, Revell

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• Money holds terrible power when it is loved

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  Inspiring, Terrible

  Elisabeth Elliot (2003). “A Path Through Suffering”, p.72, Revell

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• The process of shaping the child, shapes also the mother herself. Reverence for her sacred burden calls her to all that is pure and good, that she may teach primarily by her own humble, daily example.

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  Mother, Children, Humble

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• A broken heart is a reminder of our only source of power.

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  Heart, Broken, Source

  Elisabeth Elliot (2002). “Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity”, p.117, Revell

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• Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.

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  Dream, Men, Confusion

  Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.30, Revell

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• If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.

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  Inspiring, Children, Struggle

  Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.91, Revell

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• Loneliness comes over us sometimes as a sudden tide. It is one of the terms of our humanness, and, in a sense, therefore, incurable. Yet I have found peace in my loneliest times not only through acceptance of the situation, but through making it an offering to God, who can transfigure it into something for the good of others.

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  Loneliness, Acceptance, Offering

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• A grandmother's special calling is to pray and to be a fellow worker in the battle in which her children or her grandchildren are engaged.

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  Children, Grandmother, Special

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• God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that he act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice.

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  Heart, Ideas, Justice

  Elisabeth Elliot (2010). “Through Gates of Splendor”, p.266, Hendrickson Publishers

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• Here lies the tremendous mystery - that God should be all-powerful, yet refuse to coerce. He summons us to cooperation. We are honored in being given the opportunity to participate in his good deeds. Remember how He asked for help in performing his miracles: Fill the water pots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves.

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  Powerful, Lying, Opportunity

  Elisabeth Elliot (1987). “A Lamp for My Feet: The Bible's Light for Daily Living”, Vine Books

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• The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God’s.

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  Two, Conflict, Bases

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• 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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  Men, Mind, Church

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• Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

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  Loneliness, Courses

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• If you have lost your life, remember that He promises that you will find it.

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  Promise, Remember, Lost

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• The heart set to do the Father's will, need never fear defeat.

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  Father, Heart, Needs

  Elisabeth Elliot (2002). “Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity”, p.161, Revell

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• Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

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  Maturity, Giving, Passion And Purity

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• A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing compromise when compromise is wrong. But he must also be tender. No weapon will breach the armor of a woman's resentment like tenderness.

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  Men, Nails, Armor

  Elisabeth Elliot (2007). “The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of Masculinity”, p.153, Revell

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• Psychology describes. The Bible prescribes. 'Turn from evil. Let that be the medicine to keep you in health.' Pr 3:7,8.

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  Medicine, Evil, Psychology

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “On Asking God Why: And Other Reflections on Trusting God in a Twisted World”, p.67, Revell

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• Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and worked here on earth, fulfilling moment by moment His divine commission and the stern demands of His incarnation. Never was there a word or even a look of complaint.

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  Jesus, Father, Humanity

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• God's command 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant.

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  Safety, Categorical Imperative, Command

  Elisabeth Elliot (2015). “Through Gates of Splendor”, p.175, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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