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Every work undertaken in obedienced to a divine command, whether the work be that form of conflict with the powers of darkness that we call prayer, or whether it be the action that follows, leads sooner or later to a new demand on personal devotion to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Amy Carmichael

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Amy Carmichael
Age: 83 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 16
Died: 1951
Died: January 18
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Amy Beatrice Carmichael
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Now you are deep in what seems to me a peculiarly selfless service. The spiritual training of children must be that. You work for the years you will not see. You work for the Invisible all the time, but you work for the Eternal. So it is all worthwhile.
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If Thy dear home be fuller, Lord, For that a little emptier. My house on earth, what rich rewards. That guerdon were.
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A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.
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Bare heights of loneliness...a wilderness whose burning winds sweep over glowing sands, what are they to HIM? Even there He can refresh us, even there He can renew us.
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If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other stars.'
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If when I am able to discover something which has baffled others, I forget Him who revealeth the deep and secret things, and knoweth what is in the darkness and showeth it to us if I forget that it was He who granted that ray of light to His most unworthy servant, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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It is great to be faced with the impossible, for nothing is impossible if one is meant to do it. Wisdom will be given, and strength. When the Lord leads, He always strengthens.
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If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
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When I consider the cross of Christ, how can anything that I do be called sacrifice?
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Our enemy is more aware than we are of the spiritual possibilities that depend upon obedience.
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Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse.
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