Jim Elliot Quotes

As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But that's not how I want to do things anymore. I'm thinking about how can I trust God more. How can I surrender more? How can I bring him more glory? It's a fight. But it's one I'm going to keep fighting.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.

Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God's law.

You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

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

When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.

Leave the rest to the gods.

I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.

We must accept all of God's will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.

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

But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.

I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow.

So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.

Everything is a part of what God's up to in your life, so I think our job is to embrace it. Everything. Embrace it all and consider it God's will for this moment.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.