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1LoverofGod
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Elisabeth Elliot was the widow of Jim Elliot, one of five missionaries who were killed on a sand bar in Ecuador in 1956 by the reclusive and extremely hostile Auca tribe they were trying to evangelize. Their story was memorialized in a motion picture entitled End Of The Spear (2005) which had been preceded by a 1967 short film entitled Through Gates Of Splendor based on Elisabeth Elliot's book of the same name. The amazing thing was that every one of the murderers --along with almost the entire tribe-- wound up becoming Christians as a result of Jim's widow Elisabeth going to live with the fierce tribe that killed her husband in order to witness to the them. It was in keeping with a realization she said she had when she was 12 years old when the thought occurred to her that if Jesus Christ was her Savior then He was also her Lord; and if he was her Lord then He had the right to do with her life whatever He desired.
Her story, along with Jim's, is a wonderful and very touching story, a testimony not only to the self-sacrificing love and bravery of the missionaries but also to the power of God and His transcendent love for every human being. If you haven't seen the 2005 film or read the original book, I highly recommend them.
Although I haven't read most of her books, Elisabeth's subsequent titles (of which there are almost two dozen) are also recommended reading by people I respect. One of my favorite quotes of hers (taken from the book Through Gates Of Splendor) makes a wonderful motto for each one of us: "I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it." Amen!
@Kem, I think you will enjoy her book (indeed likely all of her books) due to the maturity of her walk with the Lord. Anyway, let me end with a quote from one of her other books, Let Me Be A Woman. It is her paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and, in my view, is absolutely outstanding!
Her story, along with Jim's, is a wonderful and very touching story, a testimony not only to the self-sacrificing love and bravery of the missionaries but also to the power of God and His transcendent love for every human being. If you haven't seen the 2005 film or read the original book, I highly recommend them.
Although I haven't read most of her books, Elisabeth's subsequent titles (of which there are almost two dozen) are also recommended reading by people I respect. One of my favorite quotes of hers (taken from the book Through Gates Of Splendor) makes a wonderful motto for each one of us: "I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it." Amen!
@Kem, I think you will enjoy her book (indeed likely all of her books) due to the maturity of her walk with the Lord. Anyway, let me end with a quote from one of her other books, Let Me Be A Woman. It is her paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 and, in my view, is absolutely outstanding!
"This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience - it looks for a way of being constructive.
"Love is not possessive.
'"Love is not anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own ideas.
"Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage.
"Love is not touchy.
"Love does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.
"Love knows no limits to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that stands when all else has fallen."
Kem
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"It's all very well to make wonderful professions about being a Christian, to do your praying and your reading and your hymn singing and go to church and do this and that and the other thing. But when it comes right down to where the rubber hits the road, what kind of a difference does it make?"
~Elizabeth Eliot
This quote is from a section where she was speaking of actual obedience to the Lord in areas that are difficult rather than rationalizing. And not only obedience but accepting with peace what the Lord allows because He is with us even when He doesn't change the circumstances that we might find uncomfortable or downright miserable.
~Elizabeth Eliot
This quote is from a section where she was speaking of actual obedience to the Lord in areas that are difficult rather than rationalizing. And not only obedience but accepting with peace what the Lord allows because He is with us even when He doesn't change the circumstances that we might find uncomfortable or downright miserable.
1LoverofGod
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Let us be increasingly aware that the trials of life are used by God for our eternal benefit and for His greater glory. Paul discovered the wonderful truth that God's grace is sufficient to meet all the difficulties and dangers that we may encounter in life.
The greater the trial, the wider the arms of God's sufficient grace are extended to lift us up, carry us through, and draw us into a depth of intimacy with Himself that we would otherwise have missed: "Let endurance have its perfect result," so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
Carli • Saved by Grace
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The greater the trial, the wider the arms of God's sufficient grace are extended to lift us up, carry us through, and draw us into a depth of intimacy with Himself that we would otherwise have missed: "Let endurance have its perfect result," so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
Carli • Saved by Grace
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Let us be increasingly aware that the trials of life are used by God for our eternal benefit and for His greater glory. Paul discovered the wonderful truth that God's grace is sufficient to meet all the difficulties and dangers that we may encounter in life. The greater the trial, the wider the...
t.me
Ghoti Ichthus
Genesis 18:32, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Acts 5:29
GO PACK GO!
StaceyLovesJesus
Saved by the blood of Jesus Christ Yeshua❣️
Just when you are about to lose all hope, God sends you a big blessing to remind you that you have been heard.
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Kem
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"In circumstances for which there is no final answer in the world, we have two choices: accept them as God's wise and loving choice for our blessing (this is called faith) or resent them as proof of His indifference, His carelessness, even His non existence (this is unbelief)
~Elisabeth Elliot
~Elisabeth Elliot
One of my favorite CS Lewis quotes:
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
1LoverofGod
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God permits what He hates, in order to accomplish what He loves.
~Joni Erickson Tada
1LoverofGod
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"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out"
John 6:37
God does not choose to save some and damn others ~ that is a damnable lie. All are given the same offer of salvation. Those who are saved are simply those who have chosen to believe God's Word and by faith have trusted Christ as Saviour, while those who perish are simply those who have chosen to reject God's free gift of grace. But ALL that the Father gives to Christ will come to Him, and not one who comes to Jesus for salvation will be cast away.
Carli • Saved by Grace
t.me
John 6:37
God does not choose to save some and damn others ~ that is a damnable lie. All are given the same offer of salvation. Those who are saved are simply those who have chosen to believe God's Word and by faith have trusted Christ as Saviour, while those who perish are simply those who have chosen to reject God's free gift of grace. But ALL that the Father gives to Christ will come to Him, and not one who comes to Jesus for salvation will be cast away.
Carli • Saved by Grace
Soothkeep
God does not choose to save some and damn others ~ that is a damnable lie. All are given the same offer of salvation. Those who are saved are simply those who have chosen to believe God's Word and by faith have trusted Christ as Saviour, while those who perish are simply those who have chosen to...
t.me
Shrimp Is The Fruit of the Sea
"Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried."
-Bubba
"Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried."
-Bubba
