Jim Elliot Quotes

We are to learn our duty from the Lord, and then we are to act in all diligence, never being lazy or slothful. The pattern is simple but not easy to follow. We are so easily distracted.

The reward of eternal life requires effort.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

The young among us are, as a general thing, allied to the world. But few maintain a special warfare against the internal foe. But few have an earnest, anxious desire to know and do the will of God.

God's desire is that we excel.

It is obvious that God is looking at the heart when sacrifices are given to Him. He takes no delight in those who give up things for Lent and then act like it's such a struggle to perform what they said they wanted to do for Him.

The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.

We can never make ourselves better by trying... praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don't get me wrong... it's not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it's good. It's just that doing them in God's power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life.

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

Prayer is good: but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is naught but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

The road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ.

Prayer doesn't just change things - it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

If we can develop the character and work with God, then let him develop the character of Christ in us, we're going to become the best possible husband, the best possible wife.

If Jesus is not enough to motivate you to godly living, you don't know Jesus.

Jesus showed me what it means to be holy - he did his father's will no matter how difficult it was to accomplish.

Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.

The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.

Obedience brings peace in decision making. If we have firmly made up our minds to follow the commandments, we will not have to redecide which path to take when temptation comes our way.

Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will.

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.