I Come Quietly to Meet You An Intimate Journey in Gods Presence Quotes

“Some believe that selah also signifies a sudden pealing-forth of musical instruments. The pause, then, was for praise.
Then let us fill all of our pauses with praise! Let us give all that lies within us not to the voices of the
enemy, but to pure praise, to pure loving adoration, and to worship from a grateful heart-a heart that is trained to look up.”
― Amy Carmichael, I Come Quietly to Meet You An Intimate Journey in Gods Presence

“think distractions in prayer are often because we have let ourselves wander too far from the things that matter most. And so we slip into an easily interrupted, easily distracted frame of mind.
We need to live more at home.
"In him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). This means, simply, God is our home.
Home of my heart, lest I forget My redemption's cost to Thee, Let my earliest thought be set Upon Thy Calvary.
Do you see what I mean? These words, which center
my attention on what matters most, speak of something that I cannot drop out of my day without great loss to me.
I know without question that an earnest "look" at Calvary does more to help our life of prayer than we imagine:
So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before Thee, 0 Lord my helper and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 SEPTUAGINT)”
― Amy Carmichael, I Come Quietly to Meet You An Intimate Journey in Gods Presence

“We are tempted. And at once we recall past failures in this same area. This causes us to feel weak and start to fall. The voices within are saying, "There is no help...."
Even these inner struggles may be turned to peace. How? Instead of trying to answer the many voices of the enemy, or arguing with them (we can never win this type of argument), we must do something else.
We pause.
We look away from self, away from the enemy. We look up!
"There is no help...."
"But you, 0 Lord...!”
― Amy Carmichael, I Come Quietly to Meet You An Intimate Journey in Gods Presence