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1 " The secret is Christ in me, not in a different set of circumstances. "
― Elisabeth Elliot , Be Still My Soul
2 " The same God who urges us to obey also furnishes the desire as well as the strength to do so. Our part is to exercise our wills. "
3 " He Himself has been praying for me all along: “He is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them” (Heb. 7:25, NIV). "
4 " He has promised that our suffering will one day turn into glory if we’ll respond to it in faith and obedience. "
5 " Holiness presupposes constant growth through an ongoing relationship with the One who has called us to be holy. "
6 " The one thing that He requires of us in response to deep waters is acceptance. This acceptance is not passivism, quietism, fatalism, or resignation. Peace and joy and faith will not be found in forgetting, and they will not be found in busyness or aloofness or the submission of defeat. They will not be found in anger at the “unfairness” of it all. St. Francis de Sales said, “Accustom yourself to unreasonableness and injustice! God sees these things far better than you do, and permits them! "
7 " God makes the assignments, and he apportions the degree of difficulty in precise measurements. "
8 " This is one of the magnificent paradoxes of the cross: You bring to the cross your weakness and you receive God’s strength. You bring Him your sins and you receive His righteousness. You bring Him your sorrows and you receive His joy. "
9 " Our major problems of acceptance and trust usually have to do with timing, because God’s timetable is always different from ours. He wants me to wait in order to believe, in order to learn to put my faith in His timing. "
10 " My portion. My cup. My lot is secure. My heart can be at peace. My Father is in charge. How simple! "
11 " God is in the business of making us walking, breathing examples of the invisible reality of the presence of Christ in us. "
12 " God is more interested in our response than He is in the tangible results. "
13 " According to the New Testament, saints are those who belong to Christ, in whom Christ lives. We are meant to be saints not only when we get to heaven, but right here in this world. "
