
Understanding Courtship Part 1
The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast
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The Importance of Self-Restraint in Pioneering Evangelism
John expected not only to go to China unmarried, but to remain so for at least five years as his hope was to engage in pioneering evangelistic work. The forward movement of the China Inland Mission appealed to him and he was ready to offer for the mountain tribes of the West. There's a man with self-restraint, the willingness to lay down his life for God in spite of the fact that he had fallen in love with a girl. And Betty herself had written a poem about her ideal. I pray you've been encouraged and inspired by what we've heard today. Please keep joining us here and on social media for my granny's inspiration.
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