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Friendship - Amy Carmichael

From If by Amy Carmichael:If I do not give a friend "the benefit of the doubt,"but put the worst constructioninstead of the best on what is said or done,then I know nothing of Calvary love. If I take offense easily;if I …
Till Thou has won Thy crown - Amy Carmichael

A quote from Windows by Amy Carmichael:Lord Jesus Christ, our Captain,we hail Thee Conqueror;Ask what Thou wilt, we'll follow,we are Thy men of war,We'll burn our boats behind us,we'll fling our ladders down,No battle-wo…
Take up your bed and walk! -F. B. Meyer

I know very well how hopeless it seems ever to conquer where you have so often failed. Your own energy and natural force can never meet the case; but this is the province of the Saviour. The whole need not the physic…
Let me not shrink from suffering - Amy Carmichael

O Prince of Glory, who dost bringThy sons to glory through Thy Cross,Let me not shrink from suffering,Reproach, or loss.The dust of words would smother me;Be all to me anathemaThat turns me from Gethsemane,And Golgotha.I…
Are there any women? -Amy Carmichael

An excerpt from Gold Cord by Amy Carmichael describing her search for assistance during the early years of her ministry with children:...a number of children were sent to us, and we were soon so greatly requiring help th…
Counsel for the tempted - Elizabeth Prentiss

Elizabeth Prentiss wrote this letter to encourage a friend over a century ago. May it be an encouragement to you today!Excerpted from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss To a young Friend, New York, Jan. 8, 1873.I…
At rest under the Unexplained - Amy Carmichael

From If by Amy Carmichael:If I cannot be at rest under the Unexplained,forgetting the word, "And blessedis he whosoever shall not beoffended in Me";or if I can allow the least shadow ofa misunderstanding,then I know noth…
Nothing else counts - Amy Carmichael

From Windows by Amy Carmichael:"Let no one be deceived by the implications of a missionary map, nothing is more deceptive except it be missionary statistics. Neither can show the spiritual, and nothing else counts."Nothi…
He goes on loving us - Amy Carmichael

From Thou Givest They Gather by Amy Carmichael: Often we wonder how the Lord can possibly go on loving us. Often we are tempted to think that though He may love others, we are different. Do you know what it is to feel…
Self crossing the threshold - Amy Carmichael

If the moment I am conscious of the shadow of selfcrossing my threshold,I do not shut the door,and in the power of HimWho works in us to will and to do,keep that door shut,then I know nothing of Calvary love.-From If by …
Our will or God's will? -Oswald Chambers

From The Highest Good by Oswald Chambers: The spirit of 'I do not wish to be annoyed' is frequently the inspiration of the administration of justice in private cases. I works into our intercession also: I want that ba…