Jim Elliot Quotes

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.

My trust in a higher power that wants me to survive and have love in my life, is what keeps me moving forward.

Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.

Worry is spiritual short sight. Its cure is intelligent faith.

You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.

I have said in many interviews that God had a better plan for me than I ever anticipated. I still firmly believe that, and I am grateful for a prayer answered.

As always, I am receptive to whatever doors God may open.

I know God has a plan for me. I don't know what it is.

The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer; and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.

Trust in God, that's where the crown is at. It's not in what you get, it's what happens after that.

I don't see the big picture. I don't have a clue. But I know God does. I'm going to declare that, even if I don't feel it right now.

The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. The tenor of our lives becomes one of humble and joyful thanksgiving. Awareness of our poverty and ineptitude causes us to rejoice in the gift of being called out of darkness into wondrous light and translated into the kingdom of God's beloved Son.

Say much of what the Lord has done for you, but say little of what you have done for the Lord.

God fails not to sow blessings in the furrows.

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Are you living for the things you are praying for?

Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good.

I believe God will make a way.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.

I have to read something positive every single day. I have to have faith that the day is unfolding in a way that is going to be useful to somebody else... For me, living every day in gratitude has been profound for me.