Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot
Top 10 Best Quotes
“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.”
“The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.”
“The man whose eye is single for the glory of Another can be trusted.”
“Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.”
“Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?”
“Let not him who accepts light in an instant despise him who gropes months in shadows.”
“He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of ‘other things’.”
“Must we always comment on life? Can it not simply be lived in the reality of Christ's terms of contact with the Father, with joy and peace, fear and love full to the fingertips in their turn, without incessant drawing of lessons and making of rules?”
“Needs multiply as they are met. Woe to the man who would live a disentangled life. Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!”
“Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.”
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discipleship, legalism, quiet, sanctification, experience, busyness, gratification, prayer, salvation, failure, passion, materialism, martyrdom, noise, distraction, solitude
