Amy Carmichael
The Initial and Continual Exchange
“For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me…
Read MoreThe Cross Day by Day
“If any man will come after Me [Christ Jesus], let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Luke 9. 23). I think often we accept the cross in theory, but when it comes to practice, we either do not recognize it for what it is, or we recognize it and…
Read MoreWindows of Prayer
“Now when Daniel knew that the writing [the decree of King Darius prohibiting prayer to the LORD] was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom…
Read MoreManifold Temptations and Manifold Grace
“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations” (1 Peter 1:6, KJV). “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10) The word “manifold” can be translated “many-coloured.”[1] For…
Read MoreFaith-filled Friendship
1. An unselfish relationship “And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God” (1 Sam. 23: 16). God make us all His Jonathans. There is a great hunter abroad in the world [the devil]. Like Saul who sought David every day, he seeks souls every day,…
Read MorePeace in Christ
[Christ declared] “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27). Sometimes we feel courageous. We feel strong enough to say to some new thing we are asked to do, “Now…
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