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.

The Apostle Paul states his purpose in Colossians 1, 28 and 29.

We proclaim Christ so that if possible we may bring everyone up to his full maturity in

Christ Jesus.

This is what I'm working at all the time with all the strength that God gives me.

I don't know a better statement of what I would like to do and what I certainly aim to

do to bring my radio listeners, those who read my books and those who are kind enough

to actually come and sit on a Saturday morning and listen to me talk to help to bring you

up to full maturity in Christ.

And it is certainly what I'm working at all the time with all the strength that God gives

me.

You know that today's theme is how to gain what you can never lose.

And there are two ways of doing that.

The title of my first talk is the first way.

Let go.

When I was a little girl, my parents once or twice I think took me to the Ringling Brothers

Barnum and Bailey's Circus in Philadelphia.

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