• “When human reason has exhausted every possibility, the children can go to their Father and receive all they need.…For only when you have become utterly dependent upon prayer and faith, only when all human possibilities have been exhausted, can you begin to reckon that God will intervene and work His miracles.” – Basilea Schlink

Missionary Women

Difficulties are Proof Contexts By Elisabeth Elliot

Repeatedly I am asked variations of this question: Did the Lord comfort you or were you sometimes lonely or sad?… Continue reading

THE HOT WATER BOTTLE – A True Story By Helen Roseveare, Missionary to Africa

One night, in Central Africa, I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite… Continue reading

The Hope of Holiness by Elisabeth Elliot

The “openness” that is often praised among Christians as a sign of true humility may sometimes be an oblique effort… Continue reading

The Fruit of Forgiveness By Elisabeth Elliot

Every day I am forgiven for many sins of many kinds, and although on the one hand forgiveness seems such… Continue reading

The Dandelion by Lilias Trotter

 

Measure thy life by loss and not by gain,
Not by the wine drunk, but by the wine poured… Continue reading

Some Thoughts Written in Mary Slessor’s Bible

God is never behind time.

If you play with temptation do not expect God will deliver you.

A gracious woman… Continue reading

The Awakening up the Cross River, by Miss Slessor.

Slessor, Mary
Article: The Awakening up the Cross River. Published in the Women’s Missionary Magazine [April 1905] [April 1905]
GD.X.260.19v… Continue reading

Shut Up and Know By Elisabeth Elliot

“Do thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day, and on the morrow how much clearer are thy purpose… Continue reading

Show Me Thy Glory! by Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)

“I am the Lord, that is My Name, and My Glory will I not give to another, neither My praise… Continue reading

Several Ways to Make Yourself Miserable by Elisabeth Elliot

  • Count your troubles, name them one by one–at the breakfast table, if anybody will listen, or as soon as possible… Continue reading
  • “I was poor in the midst of riches, and ready to perish with hunger near a table plentifully spread and a continual feast. Oh, Beauty, ancient and new! Why have I known thee so late? Alas, I sought thee where thou wast not, and did not seek thee where thou wast…” – Madame Guyon

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And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. — Colossians 3:15 (NKJV)

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