37 Amy Carmichael Quotes on Love and Joy (PRAYER)

Top 17 Most Encouraging Amy Carmichael Quotes

“Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.”
Amy Carmichael

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. — You can give without loving, but you cannot **love** without giving.

“If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, “You do not understand”, or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other’s highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
Amy Carmichael

Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves Is it true Is it kind Is it necessary — Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it **kind**? Is it necessary?

“Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.”
Amy Carmichael

The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone—that is pure hope, rooted in the heart of God. — The **hope** that is left after all your hopes are gone—that is pure hope, rooted in the heart of God.

“If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, ‘You do not understand’, or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other’s highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
Amy Carmichael

Missionary life is simply a chance to die. — Missionary life is simply a **chance** to die.

“It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances.”
Amy Carmichael

We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.

Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse. — **Prayer** is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse.

“We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could. I don’t wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has.”
Amy Carmichael

Those who think too much of themselves don't think enough. — Those who think too much of themselves don’t think enough.

God never uses anyone greatly until He tests them deeply.

Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence - acceptance, rest in God’s will, whatever comes. — Joy is not gush. Joy is not mere jolliness. Joy is perfect acquiescence – **acceptance**, rest in **God’s** will, whatever comes.

12 Amy Carmichael Quotes on God

“The reason some of us are such poor specimens of Christianity is because we have no Almighty Christ. We have Christian attributes and experiences, but there is no abandonment to Jesus Christ.”
Amy Carmichael

“Give me the Love that leads the way. The Faith that nothing can dismay. The Hope no disappointments tire. The Passion that’ll burn like fire. Let me not sink to be a clod. Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.”
Amy Carmichael

If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak.

“Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.”
Amy Carmichael

It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates.

“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.”
Amy Carmichael

God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else. — God hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.

“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.”
Amy Carmichael

“The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning ‘with’ and ‘strong’ – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love.”
Amy Carmichael

“Thank God for the battle verses in the Bible. We go into the unknown every day of our lives, and especially every Monday morning, for the week is sure to be a battlefield, outwardly and inwardly in the unseen life of the spirit, which is often by far the sternest battlefield for souls. Either way, the Lord your God goes before you, He shall fight for you!”
Amy Carmichael

Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine - so near that a whisper can reach Him. — Our loving Lord is not just present, but nearer than the thought can imagine – so near that a whisper can reach Him.

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

9 Amy Carmichael Quotes to Ponder

“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.”
Amy Carmichael

A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.

“There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: “It is required in stewards that a man may be found faithful.” Praise God, it does not say “successful”.”
Amy Carmichael