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Life Messages of Great Christians
A Very Present Help: Life Messages of Great Christans
After an accident and subsequent illness confined Amy to a bedroom for the last 20 pain-filled years of her life, she devoted herself to getting on paper the lessons God was teaching her. Scripture-soaked abd very personal lessons remind us yet today that our unchangeable God is constant in His love, especially during times of pain and trial. This devotional is based on 40 of Amy's most insightful and inspiring writings.
175 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1996
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Amy Carmichael
128 books330 followersAmy Wilson Carmichael was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there.
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November 28, 2025
This was my second time through this compilation of messages from Amy Carmichael. It is organized in 40 days of readings, each one starting with a “thought for today,” that sums up the message, “wisdom from Scripture,” a passage from the Bible which relates to the message, “insights from Amy Carmichael,” a short excerpt taken from one of her books, followed by “questions to consider,” two questions to help the reader make the teaching personal to their own lives, and “A prayerful response,” a one-sentence prayer. The book is divided in 6 parts, each one beginning with a poem by Carmichael.
Amy Carmichael went to India in 1895 and became involved in helping Indian girls escape from temple prostitution, and providing a place called Dohnavur Fellowship for these girls to grow up. She never married and had her own children, but became “mother” to a multitude through her ministry. The last twenty years of her life she was bedridden due to health issues and died in 1951. She was a woman of strong faith and gifted in writing both prose and poetry. Most importantly, she was acquainted with loss and affliction and knew what it meant to cast her all upon the Lord and trust implicitly in His providential care through dark times.
I found these poems and readings to be very helpful.
Amy Carmichael went to India in 1895 and became involved in helping Indian girls escape from temple prostitution, and providing a place called Dohnavur Fellowship for these girls to grow up. She never married and had her own children, but became “mother” to a multitude through her ministry. The last twenty years of her life she was bedridden due to health issues and died in 1951. She was a woman of strong faith and gifted in writing both prose and poetry. Most importantly, she was acquainted with loss and affliction and knew what it meant to cast her all upon the Lord and trust implicitly in His providential care through dark times.
I found these poems and readings to be very helpful.
August 9, 2019
Love this little book so much as a daily devotional. The Scripture passages and accompanying portions of Amy Carmichael's writings are extremely relevant to the life of the Christian today even though she was born in 1867. I've found so much encouragement from the depth of her faith and desire for sanctification through the many trials and sufferings she endured. I plan to read all of the books in this series on great Christians compiled by Judith Couchman.
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