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“If I could express my one hope for compiling this book, my prayer is that these entries of theirs would call us to search faithfully for God in His Word. And upon discovering His unchanging, faithful, merciful, and loving character, I pray we would be more fully moved in obedience to Him that we too might leave a lasting legacy of faith as my parents did.”

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Book:Devotedly: The Personal Letters and Love Story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot
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“The words that had already begin to flow into this private little notebook of hers--though punctuated, of course, with the typical cares and crises of any young woman’s life—would never shift from this due-north orientation. God was first; God was supreme; God was all.”

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“When you hear my mother at twenty-two saying she feels ‘useless’ and ‘fearful’ and ‘ashamed,’ recall what she went on to become in life by God’s grace and power. Think what our Father is capable of doing, encouraging you to press into Him, as she did, for His glory.”

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Book:Devotedly: The Personal Letters and Love Story of Jim and Elisabeth Elliot
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