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But all the great staining temptations, to selfishness, ambition, and other strong sins that violently affront the soul, appear first in the region of the mind, and can be fought and conquered there. We have been given the power to close the door of the mind. We can lose this power through disuse or increase it by use, by the daily discipline of the inner man in things which seem small and by reliance upon the word of the Spirit of Truth. “It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. It is as though He said, 'Learn to live in your will, not in your feelings.'

Amy Carmichael

Men, Doors, Discipline

"Gold by Moonlight: Sensitive Lessons from a Walk with Pain".

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If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and little ruffles set me on edge; if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Stupid, People, Trying

Amy Carmichael (2016). “If: Devotional Edition”, p.52, Aneko Press

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Thank God, He does not measure grace out in teaspoons.

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Christian, Grace, Thank God

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He hath never failed thee yet. Never will His love forget. O fret not thyself nor let Thy heart be troubled, Neither let it be afraid.

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Heart, His Love, Forget

Amy Carmichael (2007). “Toward Jerusalem”, p.15, CLC Publications

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If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Amy Carmichael

Cold, Calvary, Offence

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From all that dims Thy Calvary,
O Lamb of God, deliver me.

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Lambs, Calvary, Lamb Of God

Amy Carmichael (2013). “Gold by Moonlight: Sensitive Lessons from a Walk with Pain”, p.65, CLC Publications

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I believe truly that Satan cannot endure it and so slips out of the room - more or less - when there is a true song.

Amy Carmichael

Song, Believe, Rooms

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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

Spiritual, Men, Secret

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And shall I pray Thee change Thy will, my Father, Until it be according unto mine? But, no, Lord, no, that never shall be, rather I pray Thee blend my human will with Thine. I pray Thee hush the hurrying, eager longing, I pray Thee soothe the pangs of keen desire— See in my quiet places, wishes thronging— Forbid them, Lord, purge, though it be with fire.

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Christian, Father, Inspiration

Amy Carmichael (1999). “Mountain Breezes: The Collected Poems of Amy Carmichael”, p.344, CLC Publications

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If I am inconsiderate about the comfort of others, or their feelings, or even of their little weaknesses; if I am careless about their little hurts and miss opportunities to smooth their way; if I make the sweet running of household wheels more difficult to accomplish, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Christian, Running, Sweet

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If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have "a heart at leisure from itself," then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Faith, Heart, Leisure

Amy Carmichael (2003). “If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?”, p.30, CLC Publications

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The best training is to learn to accept everything as it comes, as from Him whom our soul loves. The tests are always unexpected things, not great things that can be written up, but the common little rubs of life, silly little nothings, things you are ashamed of minding one scrap

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Silly, Soul, Training

Amy Carmichael (2010). “Candles in the Dark: Letters of Hope and Encouragement”, p.14, CLC Publications

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There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.

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Women, History, Victory

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Can we follow the Savior far, who have no wound or scar?

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Scar, Savior, Wounds

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If I do not give a friend "The benefit of the doubt," but put the worst construction instead of the best on what is said or done, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Easter, Giving, Doubt

Amy Carmichael (2003). “If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?”, p.34, CLC Publications

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Soldiers may be wounded in battle and sent to a hospital. A hospital isn't a shelf. It's a place of repair. And a soldier in the spiritual army is never off his battlefield. He is only removed to another part of the battlefield when a wound interrupts what he was meant to do, and sets him doing something else.

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Spiritual, Army, Soldier

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If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Soul, Firsts, Christ

Amy Carmichael (2003). “If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?”, p.47, CLC Publications

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Does it not stir up our hearts, to go forth and help them, does it not make us long to leave our luxury, our exceeding abundant light, and go to them that sit in darkness?

Amy Carmichael

Christian, Heart, Luxury

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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.

Amy Carmichael

Loneliness, Glowing, Wind

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If I am perturbed by the reproach and misunderstanding that may follow action taken for the good of souls for whom I must give account; if I cannot commit the matter and go on in peace and in silence, remembering Gethsemane and the cross, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Peace, Taken, Giving

Amy Carmichael (2016). “If: Devotional Edition”, p.23, Aneko Press

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There are many rooms in the House of Pain.

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Pain, House, Rooms

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It is a solemn thing to find oneself drawn out in prayer which knows no relief till the soul it is burdened with is born. It is no less solemn afterwards, until Christ is formed in them.

Amy Carmichael

Prayer, Soul, Relief

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If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

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Humility, Firsts, Honest

Amy Carmichael (2003). “If: What do I Know of Calvary Love?”, p.31, CLC Publications

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We stand, when we are young, on the sunny slope among the pines, and look across an unknown country to the mountains. There are clouds, but they are edged with light. We do not fear as we dip into the valley; we do not fear the clouds. Thank God for the splendid fearlessness of youth. And as for older travelers whom the Lord has led over the hill and the dale, they have not been given the spirit of fear. They think of the way they have come since they stood on that bright hillside, and their word is always this: There are reasons and reasons for hope and for happiness, and never one for fear.

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Country, Fear, Thinking

Amy Carmichael (2013). “Gold by Moonlight: Sensitive Lessons from a Walk with Pain”, p.1, CLC Publications

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In case any are puzzled by the different translations from which I draw strength and help and delight, it is like this: In studying any object with the microscope we use different lenses and turn the mirror in various ways; each change brings out some new wonder and beauty. So it is for those who are not Greek or Hebrew scholars, and who use the work of scholars to open the meaning of the exhaustible Word-the Bible is richer than any single version can fully show.

Amy Carmichael

Mirrors, Greek, Different

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Born: December 16, 1867
Died: January 18, 1951
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