About Jim Elliot: Philip James was an evangelical Christian who was one of five missionaries killed while participating in Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador.
When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
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.
The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.
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.
Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
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?
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.
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 brav...
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 s...
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.
I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.
Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.
We best learn patience by practicing it.
Wherever you are - be all there.
