When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.
Elisabeth ElliotDoes it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How many momentous events in Scripture depended on one person's seemingly small act of obedience! Rest assured: Do what God tells you to do now, and, depend upon it, you will be shown what to do next.
Elisabeth ElliotA little quiet reflection will remind me that yes to God always leads in the end to joy.
Elisabeth Elliot