Secure in the Everlasting Arms

by Elliot, Elisabeth

• ISBN13: 9781569552940
• ISBN10: 1569552940
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Gospel Light Pubns

Summary

God's all-encompassing love has become the theme of Elisabeth Elliot's long life. For thirteen years she opened her daily radio program, Gateway to Joy, with her signature words, "underneath are the everlasting arms," and now she offers this new collection of her reflections about the security we can find in God's love. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Elisabeth Elliot, admired speaker and beloved author of dozens of books, including Keep a Quiet Heart and The Savage, My Kinsman, lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Lars Gren

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(4)
His Everlasting Arms	15	(32)
Whatever My Lot	17	(4)
Shoes of Iron	21	(6)
His Patient Silence	27	(4)
A Dog's Thanksgiving	31	(2)
Praying and Acting	33	(4)
The Future Is Not Our Province	37	(4)
Angry At God?	41	(4)
The Long Leisure of Eternity	45	(2)
Do die Next Thing	47	(30)
Called to Act	49	(4)
How to Prepare for Tomorrow	53	(2)
Miss Andy	55	(4)
How May I Serve Christ Today?	59	(4)
What to Do Next	63	(4)
Praise of the Lamb	67	(2)
The Consolation of Obedience	69	(4)
What Love Does	73	(4)
Daily Faith	77	(36)
Not Mad at God	79	(4)
Perfect Peace	83	(2)
The Test of My Love for God	85	(4)
The World Must Be Shown	89	(8)
Faith for me Unexplained	97	(2)
On Asking Questions	99	(4)
Why Did Jesus Die?	103	(6)
Moses and Mothering	109	(4)
Finding Contentment	113	(36)
The Gift of Place	115	(4)
Garage Sales	119	(4)
How Much Is Enough?	123	(2)
A Holy Aloneness	125	(4)
A Hard Decision	129	(2)
The Sufferings of a Housewife	131	(2)
To Offer Thanks	133	(4)
Summertime in Strawberry Cove	137	(4)
What Does it Mean to Be Holy?	141	(4)
The Vice of Self-Esteem	145	(4)
Joy and Sorrow	149	(30)
Joy	151	(2)
Moods	153	(2)
Suffering and Joy	155	(6)
When the Music Stops	161	(2)
Injustice	163	(4)
Joy to me World	167	(6)
The Grand Lesson	173	(2)
God in Each Moment	175	(4)
Marriage, Courtship, and Singleness	179	(30)
On Being Single	181	(4)
Don't Do It	185	(2)
A Disaster Aborted	187	(2)
The Hazards of Homemade Vows	189	(2)
Letter to a Twelve-Year-Old	191	(4)
The Story of a Courtship	195	(4)
What Does It Mean to Submit?	199	(2)
Verbal Authority	201	(6)
How to Be a Good Mother-in-Law	207	(2)
Missionary Stories	209	(2)
Ecuador Journey	211	(6)
Notes From the Jungle	217	(4)
Jungle Journey	221	(6)
Letter From a Missionary	227	(4)
Travels	231	(4)
The Simple Life	235	(4)
An Unusual Christmas Celebration	239	(4)
Pray for India	243