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«He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose»
Author: Jim Elliot | Keywords: fool, gain, gives, keep, lose
«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.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«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.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!»
Author: Jim Elliot
«Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«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.»
Author: Jim Elliot
«The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.»
Author: Jim Elliot

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