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BlessedByGod

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You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along".
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
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The thing that keeps me on my knees is the difference between Grace and Karma…

You see, at the centre of all religions is the idea of Karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in physics – in physical laws – every action is met by an equal or opposite one. Its clear to me that Karma is at the very heart of the universe. I’m absolutely sure of it.

And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to upend all that “As you reap, so will you sow” stuff. Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because I’ve done a lot of stupid stuff.

~Bono (U2)
 
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Joe and Tahni Cullen's life spun into supernatural mode when their seven-year-old, nonverbal autistic son, Josiah, who had never been traditionally taught to read or write, suddenly typed his first independent sentence on an iPad:

"God is a good gift giver"
 
BlessedByGod

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Godsgirl83 said:
Joe and Tahni Cullen's life spun into supernatural mode when their seven-year-old, nonverbal autistic son, Josiah, who had never been traditionally taught to read or write, suddenly typed his first independent sentence on an iPad:

"God is a good gift giver"
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That is soooo awesome! And he is !😀
 
BlessedByGod

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Godsgirl83 said:
If you ever want to, read the book Josiah's Fire or just google it and listen to interviews with mom. It is an amazing story!
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Sounds like it definately would be! Thank you!
 
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This is a short collection of quotes from missionary and author, Elisabeth Elliot (she is missionary Jim Elliot's widow).
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"The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances"​
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"Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you"​
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"God never withholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. He never denies our heart's desire except to give us something better"​
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"Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering…. The love of God did not protect His own Son…. He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process. " ​
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"God has promised to supply all of our needs.What we don't have now we do not need now"​
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"God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to." ​

~Deut
p.s. - finally, here's a quote Jim Elliot's journal, the quote that I believe he is best known for (underlined below in red).


 
BlessedByGod

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Deuteronomy said:
This is a short collection of quotes from missionary and author, Elisabeth Elliot (she is missionary Jim Elliot's widow).
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"The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances"​
​
"Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you"​
​
"God never withholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. He never denies our heart's desire except to give us something better"​
​
"Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering…. The love of God did not protect His own Son…. He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process. " ​
​
"God has promised to supply all of our needs.What we don't have now we do not need now"​
​
"God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to." ​

~Deut
p.s. - finally, here's a quote Jim Elliot's journal, the quote that I believe he is best known for (underlined below in red).


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I have truly been blessed by your taking the time to share her quotes, thank you very much. I will have to look up other quotes from her. May God you in general, but for following him in sharing of these beautiful quotes of truth.🙏🤗
 
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Hello @BlessedByGod, you're welcome, and you are correct, there are many more wonderful Christian quotes from her.

In case you don't know the Elliot's story, Missionaries Jim and Elisabeth were headed to the rain forest of Ecuador to work with a stone age tribe of Indians there (to present the Gospel and lead them to Christ). Jim, and his companion missionaries, went ahead of their wives and were speared to death by members of the tribe at their first meeting.

I believe that it was just two years later that Elisabeth packed up their now 3 yr old daughter and went to Ecuador to try to finish the job that her husband had started. She, in fact, met with and then led to the Lord the very men who had murdered her husband (along with much of the rest of the tribe as well).

~Deut
 
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Deuteronomy said:
Hello @BlessedByGod, you're welcome, and you are correct, there are many more wonderful Christian quotes from her.

In case you don't know the Elliot's story, Missionaries Jim and Elisabeth were headed to the rain forest of Ecuador to work with a stone age tribe of Indians there (to present the Gospel and lead them to Christ). Jim, and his companion missionaries, went ahead of their wives and were speared to death by members of the tribe at their first meeting.

I believe that it was just two years later that Elisabeth packed up their now 3 yr old daughter and went to Ecuador to try to finish the job that her husband had started. She, in fact, met with and then led to the Lord the very men who had murdered her husband (along with much of the rest of the tribe as well).

~Deut
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Honestly, it sound familar, but I am not sure if I am mixing up there story with another husband and wife.
Either way, thank you for your kindness in sharing about there story. The truth that those quotes held were very true and beautiful (as all truth is...) indeed.
 
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Deuteronomy said:
Hello @BlessedByGod, you're welcome, and you are correct, there are many more wonderful Christian quotes from her.

In case you don't know the Elliot's story, Missionaries Jim and Elisabeth were headed to the rain forest of Ecuador to work with a stone age tribe of Indians there (to present the Gospel and lead them to Christ). Jim, and his companion missionaries, went ahead of their wives and were speared to death by members of the tribe at their first meeting.

I believe that it was just two years later that Elisabeth packed up their now 3 yr old daughter and went to Ecuador to try to finish the job that her husband had started. She, in fact, met with and then led to the Lord the very men who had murdered her husband (along with much of the rest of the tribe as well).

~Deut
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BlessedByGod said:
Honestly, it sound familar, but I am not sure if I am mixing up there story with another husband and wife.
Either way, thank you for your kindness in sharing about there story. The truth that those quotes held were very true and beautiful (as all truth is...) indeed.
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The story is in book form Through Gates of Splendor. The story of the reaching of the Auca Indians for Christ is continued in The End of the Spear by Steve Saint (the son of Nate Saint, one of Jim Elliot's fellow martyrs) who was raised among the tribe that slaughtered his father.
 
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Sometime ago (when I was growing up) the culture seemed obsessed with a particular question, a question that I don't think anyone believed was truly answerable, but a question that was, nevertheless, posed regularly, "what is the meaning of life?".

From commercials on TV (that used it as a humorous part of their ad campaigns), to magazine cartoons depicting a couple determined to reach a guru sitting on the peak of a mountaintop, the question was everywhere, but the answer was nowhere to be found.

I too was baffled by that question, until I became a Christian, that is. Here's a quote that I believe to be the most concise answer to that question that I know of, published all the way back in 1647. It's a two-part answer, the first answer being for everyone, everywhere (Christians and unbelievers alike), the second answer being for Christians alone (as well the elect angels, of course).

It's Q & A #1 from the Westminster Standards, Shorter Catechism (w/Scripture references incl).

Q. What is the chief end of man?​
A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, (1) and to enjoy Him forever. (2)​
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~Deut
 
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Saying Preach the Gospel, use words if necessary,
is like saying Feed the hungry, use food if necessary. ~Pastor/Theologian Ligon Duncan





Faith comes from hearing,
and hearing by the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17
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Isaiah263

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"Mercy is God's Alpha. Justice is His Omega"

-Thomas Brooks
 
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Deuteronomy said:
This is a short collection of quotes from missionary and author, Elisabeth Elliot (she is missionary Jim Elliot's widow).
.
"The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances"​
​
"Leave it all in the Hands that were wounded for you"​
​
"God never withholds from His child that which His love and wisdom call good. He never denies our heart's desire except to give us something better"​
​
"Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering…. The love of God did not protect His own Son…. He will not necessarily protect us – not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process. " ​
​
"God has promised to supply all of our needs.What we don't have now we do not need now"​
​
"God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to." ​

~Deut
p.s. - finally, here's a quote Jim Elliot's journal, the quote that I believe he is best known for (underlined below in red).


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This is really good! Thanks for posting this.
 
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I think this may be my very favorite Spurgeon quote of all :)





He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21​
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