108 Quotes by Jim Elliot

What good are Greek, commentaries, insight, gift, and all the rest, if there is no heart for Christ?

As your life is in His hands, so are the days of your life. But don’t let the sands of time get into the eye of your vision to reach those who sit in darkness. They simply must hear.

I have prayed for new men, fiery, reckless men, possessed of uncontrollably youthful passion-these lit by the Spirit of God. I have prayed for new words, explosive, direct, simple words. I have prayed for new miracles. Explaining old miracles will not do. If God is to be known as the God who does wonders in heaven and earth, then God must produce for this generation. Lord, fill preachers and preaching with Thy power. How long dare we go on without tears, without moral passions, hatred and love? Not long, I pray, Lord Jesus, not long.

It's hard to steer a parked car.

God is still on His throne, we're still on His 'footstool,' and there's only a knee's distance between!

Unwillingness to accept God's 'way of escape' from temptation frightens me - what a rebel yet resides within.

I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!

Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!

I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you Lord Jesus.