Jim Elliot
Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter.Collection: Eye
God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!Collection: Distance
I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.Collection: Christian
The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for.Collection: Bigger
Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody.Collection: Trying
I pray for you, that all your misgivings will be melted to thanksgivings. Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size of the thing itself (especially if the light be low on the horizon) and though some future fear may strut brave darkness as you approach, the thing itself will be but a speck when seen from beyond. Oh that He would restore us often with that 'aspect from beyond,' to see a thing as He sees it, to remember that He dealeth with us as with sons.Collection: Thanksgiving
Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!Collection: Knowing
We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would make us dangerous!Collection: Christian
It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action. Believers who know one-tenth as much as we do are doing one-hundred times more for God, with His blessing and our criticism. Oh if I could write it, preach it, say it, paint it, anything at all, if only God's power would become known among us.Collection: Writing
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.Collection: Writing
Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my life as an oblation for the world. Blood is only of value as it flows before Thine altarCollection: Father
So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.Collection: Forget
Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.Collection: Heaven
Desire is the putting of my will into God’s concern. It’s not a passive, sitting back in your easy chair, folding your arms sort of thing, which says, 'Well, I’m willing, if God would only give me a good swift kick and send me.' That’s willingness all right. But God doesn’t want willingness, He wants will! He wants your will put behind those desires.Collection: Giving
None of it gets to be 'old stuff', for it is Christ in print, the Living Word. We wouldn't think of rising in the morning without a facewash, but we often neglect that purgative cleansing of the Word of the Lord. It wakes us up to our responsibilityCollection: Morning
God, I pray light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for thee.Collection: Light
I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.Collection: Men
Dreams are tawdry when compared with the leading of God, and not worthy of the aura of wonder we usually surround them with. God only doeth wonders. He does nothing else. His hand can work nothing less.Collection: Dream
I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!Collection: Grace
No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him.Collection: Sleep
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... The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will be the ultimate Word from God.Collection: Moving
Surely those who know the great passionate heart of Jehovah must deny their own loves to share in the expression of His.Collection: Heart
Eagles are very tolerant and very adaptable, but they have to get established first. When birds are setting up their breeding territory, they are the most susceptible to being discouraged.Collection: Eagles
God deliver me from the dread asbestos of “other things.” Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame.Collection: Oil
Ah, how many Marahs have been sweetened by a simple, satisfying glimpse of the Tree and the Love which underwent its worst confict there. Yes, the Cross is the tree that sweetens the waters. 'Love never faileth.Collection: Easter
Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master!Collection: Eye
Be on guard, my soul, of complicating your environment so that you have neither time nor room for growth!Collection: Soul
Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I may love Him, please Him. Mayhap in mercy He shall give me a host of children that I may lead them through the vast star fields to explore His delicacies whose finger ends set them to burning. But if not, if only I may see Him, touch His garments, smile into His eyes - ah then, not stars nor children shall matter, only Himself.Collection: Stars
Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.Collection: Longing
For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.Collection: Christian
The will of God is sweet tonight, altogether ‘good and acceptable and perfect.’ The considerate love of the Lord Jesus for us seems such a kind thing now. I know it has always been so, but somehow I didn’t see how wise it was when it didn’t seem kind… Remind me of this when I cannot regard His love as considerate some time.Collection: Wise
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.Collection: Lying
Birds are extremely valued as indicators of overall environmental health. If there's a problem in a wild bird population, it's indicative that something went wrong.Collection: Environmental Health
The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?Collection: Men