Love 2

Though I have the gift of prophecy,

and understand all mysteries,

and all knowledge;

and though I have all faith,

so that I can remove mountains,

and have not charity,

I am NOTHING.

1 Corithians 13.2

如果我能唱- 黄美廉

问：您通常如何克服困难？是什么原因支持您力争上游？

　　答：通常我克服困难的步骤：

　　一、向上帝祷告，冷静下来，反省。

　　二、找可靠又有能力的朋友谈出你的困难。

　　三、面对并解决问题。

　　四、如果解决不了就等候和放松了。

　　问:请说说您生命中重要的转折点。

　　答: 对我来说,每一天都是转折点，因为每一天我都有新的想法及作法进入我生命。

　　问：您觉得您快乐吗？您觉得要怎样才可以让人活出生命的色彩？

　　答：基本上,我是快乐的人,但是有时又难免情绪上有一点起伏，我很平衡--但又很强烈。对我来说，单纯的生活的人，才会得到快乐，而且活出生命的色彩。这样子的单纯并不是说不要读书，不要去争取自己应该有的权益，而是保有稚子之心看世界。

Through Gates of Splendor

My going to Ecuador is God's counsel, as is my leaving Betty, and my refusal to be counseled by all who insist I should stay and stir up the believers in the U.S. And how do I know it is His counsel? 'Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.' Oh, how good! For I have known my heart is speaking to me for God!... No visions, to voices, but the counsel of a heart which desires God.

Jim Elliot (p. 2)

Today I read the story of the Cross in John 19 for the first time in the original...the simplicity and pathos made me almost weep; something which has never occurred in my English reading. Surely it is a wonderful story of love.

Jim Elliot (p. 5)

He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I maybe a flame. But flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul- short life? In me there dwells the Spirit of the Great Short-Lived, whose zeal for God's house consumed Him. 'Make me Thy Fuel, Flame of God.'

Jim Elliot (p. 6)

I dare not stay home while Quichuas perish.

What if the well-filled church in the homeland needs stirring?

They have the Scriptures Moses, and the prophets, and a whole lot more.

Their condemnation is written on their bank books and in the dust on their Bible covers.

Jim Elliot (p. 8)

Wherever you are, be ALL THERE.

Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

Jim Elliot (p.8)

Love: 1

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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,

and have not charity,

I am become as sounding brass,

or a tinkling cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13.1

waiting

"There is a whole world of difference between those who look only for their own happiness in this world and those who know that their true happiness lies in the will of God."

Elisabeth Elliot

"Without Christ,

not one step.

With Him -- anywhere!"

David Livingstone

"There is no work better than to please God;

to pour water,

to wash dishes,

to be a cobbler,

or an apostle,

all are one;

to wash dishes and to preach are all one,

as touching the deed,

to please God."

William Tyndale

"This I saw, that when a soul loves God with a supreme love, God's interests and his become one.

It is no matter when or where nor how Christ should send me, nor what trials He should exercise me with, if I may be prepared for His work and will."

David Brainerd

"Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties."

C. H. Spurgeon

"You may not understand why He leads you now in this way and now in that, but you may, nay, you must believe that perfection is stamped in His every act."

Elisabeth Prentiss

love seeketh not her own

"As a Christian, as someone who is seeking to love God with all their heart, our purpose in life is to further God’s kingdom, to bring His desires to pass, not our own. (Matthew 6:10, 33) Nothing we do should be done for our sake, but out of obedience to God. (John 15:4, 10) God’s view of marriage was vastly different than mine. While I had envisioned two people working to please each other, God showed me that His idea was two people working together to please God. God did not make Eve to make Adam feel good about himself or loved or wanted, God made Eve because Adam was better off with her than without her. God showed me that the best way for me to love someone is to love God first and foremost, and to love that person as an outpouring of my love for God. Having my eyes focused on God and living to please Him will lead me to obeying His command to love. (1 John 5:1-3, John 15:9-12)"

Emily Hipps

will

"We must choose, without any regard to the state of our emotions, what attitude we will take toward God. We must recognize that our emotions are only the servants of our will."

Hannah Whitall Smith