If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying “Peace, peace,” where is no peace; if I forget the poignant word “Let love be without dissimulation” and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
– Amy Carmichael –
Satan is so much more in earnest than we are–he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost
– Amy Carmichael –
Prince of Glory, who dost bring
Thy sons to glory through Thy Cross,
Let me not shrink from suffering,
Reproach, or loss.
– Amy Carmichael –
We are never to overcome, but to rise unvanquished after every knockout blow and laugh the laugh of faith not fear
– Amy Carmichael –
It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates.
– Amy Carmichael –
When Satan heard the ninety-first Psalm, did the fourth verse baffle him? “With His feathers He shall create a fence for thee.” So covered, and so fenced, what can Satan’s malice accomplish against us? Nothing, nothing at all.
– Amy Carmichael –
Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience. We should never be surprised that he seeks by assault and, if that fails, by undermining our defenses, to compel us to give way
– Amy Carmichael –
One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving.
– Amy Carmichael –
What is the secret to great living? Entire separation to Christ and devotion to Him. Thus speaks every man and woman whose life has made more than a passing flicker in the spiritual realm. It is the life that has no time for trifling that counts.
– Amy Carmichael –