Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 11

Phil. 1.3: I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.

Use every remembrance of anyone who loves our Lord as a reminder to look up and thank Him.  When the thought of such a one floats through the mind, don’t let it merely float.  Definitely thank God for that one, and ask for anything known to be needed.  If nothing is known, ‘Do Thou for him’ covers all.

There is a good deal about remembering in the Bible, and a good deal about reminders of different kinds.  Some of these reminders are like flashes for quickness, others bring a thing gradually to our minds, as the cock crowing caused Peter to ‘remember gradually’ the words of his Lord (Luke 22.61).

The Spirit of God is ready, in His loving way, to bring anyone to mind who needs the help of prayer.  If only we are careful not to smother and ignore His soft reminding whispers, they will come more and more.

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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.