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If Thou Wilt Be Perfect

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, however, words create a much better picture. I have recently been thinking about some things I have seen that are still vividly burned into my memory and will rem…
Happy Service ~ George Mueller

I cannot tell you how happy this service makes me. Instead of being the anxious, careworn man many persons think me to be, I have no anxieties and no cares at all. Faith in God leads me to roll all my burden upon Him; f…
Complicated Circumstances ~ Amy Carmichael

His thoughts said, The coil of circumstances is beyond anything I ever experienced before.His Father said, All this assemblage of complicated circumstances is the massif of the mountains thou must climb. There is a way …
To be without carefulness ~ George Mueller

I have enjoyed reading about George Mueller recently and have found that his testimony of faith is very encouraging to me at this time. Here is another excerpt from his diary: "The children I have years ago ca…
Only One Shilling ~ George Mueller

I recently finished reading The Diary of George Mueller. This book has challenged me once more to depend upon God for all of my needs. Here is an entry that is quite illustrative of the way George Mueller depended on…
A Bank which Cannot Break ~ George Mueller

Another excerpt from the diary of George Mueller:A gentleman and lady visited the Orphan Houses and met at the Boys' Orphan House two ladies who were likewise visiting. One of the ladies said to the matron of the Boys' …
Book Review: These Strange Ashes by Elisabeth Elliot

These Strange Ashes by Elisabeth Elliot chronicles the first year of her missionary life in Ecuador. She lived and worked with the Colorado Indians, a colorful and proud tribe that had resisted most "civilized" influenc…
Book Review: Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael

Lotus Buds by Amy Carmichael is one of the first books she wrote about her children and describes the early childhood experiences of some of the first children she rescued from temple dedication. It is, primarily, about…
Lead us out to battle! - Amy Carmichael

The Lord our God arouse us! We are sleeping, Dreaming we wake, While through the heavy night Hardly perceived, The foe moves on unchallenged, Glad of the dream That doth delay the fight. O Christ our Captain, Lead us out…
The Little Accals - From "Lotus Buds" by Amy Carmichael

But Thou didst reckon, when at first Thy word our hearts and hands did crave, What it would come to at the worst To save. Perpetual knockings at Thy door, Tears sullying Thy transparent rooms. These lines com…