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  SHUT UP AND KNOW
  by Elisabeth Elliot
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Summary: The sermon 'Shut Up and Know' emphasizes the importance of
silence and stillness in listening to God's voice and finding peace in
the midst of chaos.

Topics: "Quiet Time", "Inner Peace"
Scripture References: Psalm 46:10, Psalm 131:2, Isaiah 30:15, Mark 4:39, John 10:27

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Elisabeth Elliot emphasizes the importance of being still before God
amidst chaos and destruction, drawing inspiration from Thomas Carlyle
and Psalm 46. She highlights the power of quieting our souls before the
Lord, allowing His voice to bring peace in the midst of turmoil. Elliot
encourages listeners to listen for God's voice, the only one that speaks
peace to the deepest part of our beings.

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"Do thou thyself but hold thy tongue for one day, and on the morrow how
much clearer are thy purpose and duties," wrote Thomas Carlyle. The
psalmist wrote (in Psalm 46) of great cataclysms, noise, war,
destruction. What is the man of God supposed to do in the middle of all
that? One thing above all else: "Be still and know that I am God" (Ps
46:10 AV). Simply shut up for a change. It is amazing what the quiet
holding of the soul before the Lord will do to the external and
seemingly uncontrollable tumult around us. It is in that stillness that
the Voice will be heard, the only voice in all the universe that speaks
peace to the deepest part of us.

No other voice than Thine has ever spoken,

O Lord, to me--

No other words but Thine the stillness broken

Of life's lone sea.

There openeth the spirit's silent chamber

No other hand--

No other lips can speak the language tender,

Speech of the Fatherland.

(T.S.M., from Hymns of Ter Steegen and Others, Frances Bevan)

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/elisabeth-elliot/shut-up-and-know/
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