His Meaning is Love, Part 1

The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast

The Elisabeth Elliot Foundation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This talk was originally presented in Collingswood, NJ on May 11, 1993.
This recording is a result of our work digitizing over 600 cassette tapes of Elisabeth's talks. Each tape is decades old and the quality of the recordings varies quite a bit from tape to tape. As we preserve Elisabeth's legacy, we will share as much of her work as possible, even when technical issues affect the quality of the audio. Each talk is unique in content and tone. All are a blessing and encouragement.
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Music: John Hanson

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0:00.0	This is a spiritual life day, and I wonder how you would define spiritual life, or could you tell me what the key is to growth in spiritual life in a very few words.
0:18.6	It is exactly this that I would like to talk about today. Actually, I have given
0:23.4	my two talks the same title. His meaning is love. I believe that the key to the spiritual life is
0:33.9	recognizing in each individual moment that God is there and giving us the opportunity
0:44.3	to know him, to trust him, to obey him, and consequently to grow in the spiritual life. I believe that with all my heart.
1:00.0	I've been reading a book that was written by a man who was born in 1675.
1:06.0	I'm just going to read you one paragraph from this book.
1:14.5	God still speaks to us today as he spoke to our forefathers.
1:19.3	Remember, this was written somewhere between 1675 and 1730 or something like that.
1:25.3	I've forgotten exactly when he died.
1:28.3	God still speaks today as he spoke to our forefathers in days gone by,
1:31.4	before there were either spiritual directors or methods of direction.
1:35.0	And let's say before there were any such things as women's spiritual life days,
1:38.8	let alone seminars and books and TV and tapes and all the rest of it.
1:43.4	The spiritual life was then a matter of immediate
1:46.0	communication with God. It had not been reduced to a fine art, nor was lofty and detailed
1:54.4	guidance to it provided with a wealth of rules, instructions, and maxims. These may very well be necessary today,
2:02.6	but it was not so in those early days
2:04.6	when people were more direct and unsophisticated.
2:07.6	All they knew was that each moment
2:11.6	brought its appointed task
2:14.6	faithfully to be accomplished.
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