Elisabeth Elliot
Weekly Devotionals
The Discipline of Work, Part Four
I once heard a formula guaranteed to prevent boredom. It is to have 1. Something to do2. Someone to love3. Something to...
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The Discipline of Work, Part Three
We continue this week with Part Three in our fall series, "The Discipline of Work" taken from Elisabeth's classic, Joyful...
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The Discipline of Work, Part Two
We continue this week with Part Two in our new fall series featuring excerpts from Joyful Surrender. Brother Lawrence practiced the...
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The Discipline of Work, Part One
As we enter into this vibrant season of fall, when many aspects of our lives begin afresh—school, work and the...
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When the River Bursts
Psychologists chart stress factors related to various kinds of emotional trauma and the response of different people to those factors—death,...
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Take Strength
These strong, simple words can be spiritual adrenaline for us when we need them. They were written by a man...
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There Is No Other Way
In order to get to a place called Laity Lodge in Texas you have to drive into a riverbed. The...
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So High and So Low
We are prone to consider ourselves too busy (with important things, of course), too qualified (we have gifts, training, experience, responsibilities...
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Franconia, Part Three
"We continue this week with Part 3 in our summer series as Elisabeth shares more memories of Gale Cottage--this time...
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Franconia: Part Two
Join us at Gale Cottage in Franconia, NH as we continue with Part 2 in our summer series. Elsewhere I...
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Franconia: Part One
We return this summer to one of Elisabeth's favorite places on earth. . . Gale Cottage in Franconia, New Hampshire. ...
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A Word From the Book of James
“Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for when the way is rough your...
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The Song of the Wren
Last summer a pair of dear little wrens moved into the wren house Lars had hung in a small oak...
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Summertime in Strawberry Cove
“The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places,” wrote the psalmist, and my gratitude echoes his words. Strawberry Cove...
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One Summer Morning
It was very early. The sun had not risen, and the sea was palest mauve and silver. There was a...
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Let Me Be a Woman Part 6: Heirs of Grace
We conclude our spring series this week featuring excerpts from "Let Me Be a Woman", Elisabeth's wedding gift to her...
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Let Me Be a Woman Part 5: You Marry a Sinner
We continue this week in our series with excerpts from Let Me Be a Woman in honor of Valerie and Walt...
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Let Me Be a Woman Part 4: Creation, Woman for Man
We continue this week with part four in our series of excerpts from "Let Me Be a Woman". It is...
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Let Me Be a Woman Part 3: A Daughter, Not a Son
To understand the meaning of womanhood we have to start with God. If He is indeed "Creator of all things...
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Let Me Be a Woman Part 2: Not Who Am I? But Whose Am I?
We continue with the second week of our new series featuring excerpts from Let Me Be a Woman, Elisabeth's wedding gift...