Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 3

These two familiar words ring in our hearts like bells.  Way translates ‘strong consolation’ , all-prevailing encouragement.  And he speaks of the hope of our heart as an anchor on which our soul rides safely: it cannot slip, it cannot break.

Everlasting consolation, what a word of joy that is!  Some of us are tempted to wonder about the future.  We look ahead, and imagine, and fear.  For us there is something specially vital in this great thought of consolation that is not for today only, but for endless tomorrows.

Another word was written surely for any of us who are looking beyond the borders of today:  Isaiah 26.3, 4. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind (imagination) is stayed on Thee:  because he trusteth in Thee.  Trust ye in the Lord for ever:  for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.

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These words are from ’Whispers of His Power’ a collection of writings that Amy Carmichael wrote for her ‘children’ and others associated with the Dohnavur Fellowship and are Copyright © The Dohnavur Fellowship 1982

Unless otherwise stated, biblical quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

The following abbreviations are used to refer to other versions and sources:

BCP:               Book of Common Prayer, the Great Bible of Coverdale

Conybeare:       W. J. Conybeare, The Epistles of Paul (a translation)

Delitzsch:        F. Delitzsch, Notes on Job and the Psalms

Kay:                W. Kay, The Psalms (a translation)

LXX:              The Septuagint

Moffatt:           J. Moffatt, The New Testament: a new translation

Rotherham:      J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible Revised Version

RV:                 Revised Version

Way:              A. Way, The Letters of St Paul (a translation)

Westcott:        F. Westcott, Notes on the Gospel of St John

Weymouth:      R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech

Young:            R. Young, A Literal Translation of the Bible

Verses of poetry without quotation marks were written by Amy Carmichael.