"'He makes His ministers a flame of fire.' Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the oil of thy Spirit that I may be a flame. But flame is transient, often short lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul - short life? In me dwells the Spirit of the Great Short Lived, whose zeal for God's House consumed Him. 'Make me Thy Fuel, Flame of God.'"
Quote taken from the diary of Jim Elliot (missionary to the Waodani tribe in Ecuador and martyr for the cause of Christ).
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot
Hebrews 12:1-4 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood."
God help us
Romans 8:28
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