the priority of sacrifice.

It's time for another look into the life and message of Elizabeth Elliott,

as she called us to live to a higher standard each day. Not to be satisfied with just a little

religion, what a shallow substitute for what God wants for our lives. As this series continues in

the coming weeks, we'll hear from family, friends, and others. They were influenced by Elizabeth's

life and message. Today we continue our look at how to simplify your life. Next week we'll

conclude this series, but today we have two gateway to joy broadcasts for you. Go to God first,

and love means sacrifice. Our guests today, one of Michael's, author and longtime friend of

Lars and Elizabeth, and Kathy Gilbert, who will be talking about suffering, Amy Carmichael,

and fireworks. Well, let's get started with gateway to joy 368. Go to God first. There's always

that temptation to figure it out on our own, to go ask a neighbor, and maybe later we'll finally get

around to seeking the wisdom of the Bible and the Creator. You are loved with an everlasting love.

That's what the Bible says, and underneath are the everlasting arms. This is your friend,

Elizabeth Elliott, continuing my talks today on how to simplify your life. Yesterday I talked about

the givens and the not-givens, and what great peace it brings when we realize that God is much

wiser than we are, and he knows how to give us exactly what's best for us. My dear friend Dorothy,

an old woman who died when she was in her 90s. She was a spinster all her life. She lived on Cape

and I learned so much wisdom from her, and I can just still hear her saying, well, Betty dear,

I believe that God gives us exactly what's right for us, and it was singleness for her all her life.

Today I want to talk about going to God first, another simplifying principle in your life.

When you get a piece of bad news, or somebody says something to you that upsets you,

or somebody looks at you funny when you go to church, or any little thing that sets you off balance,

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