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The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast

A Missionary’s Expectations: The Path of Loneliness

The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast

The Elisabeth Elliot Foundation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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0:00.0

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

0:10.6

My grandmother lived a life devoted to Jesus, and today her talks have been made available in their original form.

0:17.5

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

0:25.2

Now without further ado, here is Elizabeth Elliot.

0:29.6

My topic is the path of loneliness.

0:39.0

Number one, you are never alone.

0:42.0

We have a sovereign lord who is in charge of everything.

0:49.8

St Francis DeSales said, strive to see God in all things without exception and acquiesce in his

1:02.0

will with absolute submission.

1:05.0

And some of you may be a little vague on the spelling of acquiesce, it's AC-Q-U-I-E-S-C-E. and I'll read that sentence again.

1:16.3

St. to see God in all things

1:20.3

to see God in all things without exception and acquiesce a C-U-I-E-S-E in his will with absolute submission.

1:39.2

He goes on to say, do everything for God.

1:41.7

You're knighting yourself to him by a mere upward glance, or by

1:46.0

the overflowing of your heart to him.

1:50.2

That means while you're cleaning the toilet or doing some task that you find difficult,

1:56.4

you can unite yourself to God by a mere upward glance.

2:00.9

Never be in a hurry.

2:04.0

That's a tough one, isn't it?

2:05.0

Do everything quietly and in a calm spirit.

2:09.0

Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever even if your whole world seems upset.

2:17.0

Commend all to God and then lie still and be at rest in his bosom.

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