Jim Elliot
Jim Elliot
Philip James "Jim" Elliotwas an evangelical Christian who was one of five missionaries killed while participating in Operation Auca, an attempt to evangelize the Huaorani people of Ecuador...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth8 October 1927
CountryUnited States of America
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
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He is no fool who parts with that which he cannot keep, when he is sure to be recompensed with that which he cannot lose.
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We are eager to use the occultation technique to probe for atmospheres around large Kuiper belt objects.
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It was pretty windy out there but the team played well. Phillips have a very young team so they should improve down the road.
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You're moving muscles and improving circulation in areas you can't when you're in a wheelchair on land or crutches or a walker.
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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.
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It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.
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So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them...
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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?
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In my own experience I have found that the most extravagant dreams of boyhood have not surpassed the great experience of being in the Will of God, and I believe that nothing could be better. That is not to say that I do not want other things, and other ways of living, and other places to see, but in my right mind I know that my hopes and plans for myself could not be any better than He has arranged and fulfilled them. Thus may we all find it, and know the truth of the Word which says, He will be our guide even until death.
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For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.
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I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.
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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.
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Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.