He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

- Jim Elliot

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…

- Jim Elliot

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…

- Jim Elliot

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

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…

- Jim Elliot

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

- Jim Elliot

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

- Jim Elliot

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

- Jim Elliot

Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.

- Jim Elliot