What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.
Elisabeth ElliotSelf-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.
Elisabeth ElliotHoliness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.
Elisabeth ElliotWomen still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.
Elisabeth ElliotWorship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Elisabeth ElliotSometimes we want things we were not meant to have. Because he loves us, the Father says no. Faith trusts that no. Faith is willing not to have what God is not willing to give. Furthermore, faith does not insist upon an explanation. It is enough to know His promises to give what is good-he knows so much more about us than we do.
Elisabeth Elliot