Christian Writers and Preachers

The omnipresent God sees and knows all the properties of the beings that He hath made. He knows all the connections, dependencies, and relations, and all the ways wherein one of them can affect another.

—John Wesley

Beauty and battle—both are of Thee.

Lighten mine eyes till I joyfully see

Beauty in all that Thou givest to me,

Lord of the light.

—Amy Carmichael

Is it misery to love God? To give Him my heart who alone is worthy of it? Nay, it is the truest happiness; indeed, the only true happiness which is to be found under the sun.

—John Wesley

In spite of all opposition, from nature, from the world, from all the powers of darkness, still fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life!

—John Wesley

So when we are facing the impossible, we can count upon the God of the impossible.

—Amy Carmichael

In this season of much singing, I ask those who love our Lord Jesus to ask very specially for singing hearts. It would be sad if the lovely Christmas hymns and carols sounded only like a noise—even a noise of music—to Him.

—Amy Carmichael

My God shall supply all your need according to His riches (Phil. 4:19). We lay those words before our Lord and we say to Him very earnestly, And now, O Lord, do as You have said.

—Amy Carmichael

We know our Lord bears gently with the ignorant and erring, and it is not for us to judge how far the ignorance and error must reach before it passes the confines of His great loving-kindness.

—Amy Carmichael

When you feel at the end of everything, do not hesitate to say so to your Father.

—Amy Carmichael

As for God, His way is perfect—that is the substance of the words. And if His way be perfect we need no explanation.

—Amy Carmichael

Let God be in all your thoughts, and ye will be men indeed. Let him be your God and your All,—the desire of your eyes, the joy of your heart, and your portion for ever.

—John Wesley

So fear not, you who are like Joseph when the archers shot at him and wounded him (for the archers know all the tenderest places in our souls at which to shoot). Trust the love that upheld Joseph.

—Amy Carmichael

Do nothing on which you cannot pray for a blessing. Every action of a Christian that is good, is sanctified by the word and prayer. It becomes not a Christian to do anything so trivial, that he cannot pray over it.

—John Wesley

Speak as knowing God hears you: Walk as knowing God besets you on every side.

—John Wesley

Many are asking, Are Missions worthwhile? Surely they are, if such souls are worth winning.

—Amy Carmichael

Give your hearts to Him who, together with ten thousand blessings, has given you his Son, his only Son!

—John Wesley

But they put it on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house: in like manner, it is the design of God that every Christian should be in an open point of view; that he may give light to all around, that he may visibly express the religion of Jesus Christ.

—John Wesley

Let us ask that the stillness in which only His lights can shine may be ever around us, the stillness of the calm of His presence. And oh, let us ask that in this dark world we may so shine that others may see to read His love in the face of our loving Jesus.

—Amy Carmichael

And so I believe that the way of peace is found in looking on to the End of the Lord, not in puzzling over the beginning or the middle of His ways.

—Amy Carmichael

Are you sure of living threescore years? Are you sure of living one year, one month, one week, one day? O make haste to live! Surely the man that may die tonight should live today.

—John Wesley

Have we a bitter zeal, inciting us to strive sharply and passionately with them that are out of the way? Or is our zeal the flame of love, so as to direct all our words with sweetness, lowliness, and meekness of wisdom?

—John Wesley

Freely give means to give lavishly. What do I need today? Strength? Peace? Patience? Heavenly joy? Industry? Good temper? Power to help others? Inward contentment? Courage? Whatever it be, my God will lavish it upon me.

—Amy Carmichael

God make us all obedient like His sun and moon and stars, and help us to shine gladly to Him who made us.

—Amy Carmichael

If Jesus built a ship,

She would travel trim;

If Jesus roofed a barn,

No leaks would be left by Him;

If Jesus planted a garden,

He would make it like Paradise;

If Jesus did my day’s work,

It would delight His Father’s eyes.

—Amy Carmichael

And in the one kind or the other, every follower of Christ will surely have need to take up his cross daily.

—John Wesley

Weep with them that weep. If you can do no more, at least mix your tears with theirs; and give them healing words, such as may calm their minds, and mitigate their sorrows.

—John Wesley

For with the Redeemer’s birth, peace, and all kind of happiness, come down to dwell on earth: yea, the overflowings of Divine good will and favour are now exercised toward men.

—John Wesley

I have a Savior; though I sought

Through earth and air and sea,

I could not find a word, a thought,

To show Him worthily.

But planted here in rock and moss

I see the Sign of utmost loss;

I hear a word—On Calvary’s Cross

Love gave Himself for thee.

—Amy Carmichael

You know that in seeking happiness from riches, you are only striving to drink out of empty cups. And let them be painted and gilded ever so finely, they are empty still.

—John Wesley

Oh to know our God so well that all misunderstandings shall be quite impossible! Paul meant a good deal when he said, That I may know Him (Phil. 3:10)

—Amy Carmichael