There is nothing worth living for unless it is worth dying for.

My grandmother lived a life devoted to Jesus, and today her talks have been made available

in their original form.

So you too can be built up through the insights and mysteries God revealed to her throughout

her ministry.

Now without further ado, here is Elizabeth Elliott.

My topic tonight is a Father's Love.

We're talking about prayer, tonight and tomorrow.

I think back to many, many years ago, probably pretty close to 60 years ago when our family

was spending a week at Belmar, New Jersey for a summer vacation.

And the oldest in the family, my brother Phil and I, who in second were having wonderful

time jumping in those little waves in the shallow part, but my brother Dave was scared.

He was two or three.

And my father did his best every day that week to persuade David to come into this ocean

with him and go out to the part where there were waves that he could jump.

And my father promised him faithfully that he would make sure that he was held strongly

and that the waves would not sweep over him, but Davey flatly and vociferously refused.

And my father didn't force him.

But on the last day of our vacation, Davey gave in and relented and asked to be taken

to jump in the waves.

Well, he was so ecstatic having more fun than he had ever had in his life that his first

reaction was to break into a loud whale of dismay.

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