He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose. Jim Elliot More Quotes by Jim Elliot More Quotes From Jim Elliot He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot christianmotivationalinspirational Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond. Jim Elliot commandinspirationalmoving God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus. Jim Elliot lightchristianjesus He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitible? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame. But flame is transient, often short lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul - short life? ... Make me thy fuel, Flame of God. Jim Elliot short-lifegodlyfire Live every day as if the Son of Man were at the door, and gear your thinking to the fleeting moment. Just how can it be redeemed? Walk as if the next step would carry you across the threshold of Heaven. Pray. That saint who advances on his knees never retreats. Jim Elliot mensonthinking The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable and perfect. Jim Elliot biggerperfectbelieve God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him. Jim Elliot faithgodinspirational Our young men are going into the professional fields because they don't 'feel called' to the mission field. We don't need a call; we need a kick in the pants. We must begin thinking in terms of 'going out,' and stop our weeping because 'they won't come in.' Who wants to step into an igloo? The tombs themselves are not colder than the churches. May God send us forth. Jim Elliot churchmenthinking Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness. Jim Elliot weaknesslordgiving Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God. Jim Elliot forgive-meforgivingordinary Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God. Jim Elliot knowinglife-isway It makes me boil when I think of the power we profess and the utter impotency of our action. Believers who know one-tenth as much as we do are doing one-hundred times more for God, with His blessing and our criticism. Oh if I could write it, preach it, say it, paint it, anything at all, if only God's power would become known among us. Jim Elliot blessingwritingthinking 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. Jim Elliot decisionmenfather Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord. Jim Elliot christianheartworld Father, let me be weak that I might loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let me loose the tension of the grasping hand. Even, Father, would I lose the love of fondling. How often I have released a grasp only to retain what I prized by 'harmless' longing, the fondling touch. Rather, open my hand to received the nail of Calvary, as Christ's was opened- that I, releasing all, might be released, unleashed from all that binds me now. He thought Heaven, yea, equality with God, not a thing to be clutched at. So let me release my grasp. Jim Elliot heavenfatherhands Wherever you are - be all there. Jim Elliot motivationalinspirationallife It's hard to steer a parked car. Jim Elliot hardcarmissionary We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would make us dangerous! Jim Elliot prayerchristianreligion Children are arrows in a quiver, and they are to be trained as missionaries and shot at the Devil. Jim Elliot arrowsdevilchildren Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my life as an oblation for the world. Blood is only of value as it flows before Thine altar Jim Elliot firefatherblood
