Elisabeth Elliot Quotes about Desire

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I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

I have one desire now - to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.

Elisabeth Elliot

Inspiring, Desire, Energy

Elisabeth Elliot (2010). “Through Gates of Splendor”, p.43, Hendrickson Publishers

But the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was it to love what God commands, in the words of the collect, and to desire what He promises? Did I want what I wanted, or did I want what He wanted, no matter what it might cost?

Elisabeth Elliot

Promise, Desire, Cost

Elisabeth Elliot, Joshua Harris (2002). “Passion and Purity: Learning to Bring Your Love Life Under Christ's Control”, p.40, Revell