“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” -John 10:27
“It is not for the flock of sheep to know the pasture the Shepherd has in mind. It is for them simply to follow Him.” -Elisabeth Elliot via Twitter
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -2 Corinthians 12:9
“The only reason that we are ever scared of the will of God is because we cannot see the grace that will be there.” -Elisabeth Elliot (via Twitter)
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” -Romans 10:17
“We deceive ourselves if we claim to want to hear His voice but neglect the primary channel through which it comes. We must read His Word. We must obey it. We must live it, which means rereading it throughout our lives.” -Elisabeth Elliot via Twitter
“Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” -Psalm 27:14
When we are puzzled by delays and detours, let us think about the great purpose of life: to glorify God. -Elisabeth Elliot
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” -Isaiah 55:8-9
“Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.” -Elisabeth Elliot via Carolyn Mahaney’s Twitter
“…Be content with what you have…” -Hebrews 13:5
“It is always possible to be thankful for what is given rather than resentful over what is withheld.”– Elisabeth Elliot via TrueWoman’s Twitter
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” -Jeremiah 29:11
God’s will–as Elisabeth Elliot reminds us, “is always different from what [we] expect, always bigger, and, ultimately, infinitely, more glorious than [our] wildest imaginings.”
[Snippet from a post called “I Give Up” by the Mahaney Ladies over at GirlTalk]
We are not often called to great sacrifice, but daily we are presented with the chance to make small ones—a chance to make someone cheerful, a chance to do some small thing to make someone comfortable or contented, a chance to lay down our petty preferences or cherished plans. This requires us to relinquish something—our own convenience or comfort, our won free evening, our warm
fireside, or even our habitual shyness, reserve or pride. –Elisabeth Elliot
New Life Baptist Church 