Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 13

Don’t wait to be attacked.  Fight the Lord’s battles and He will fight yours.  What about that one you know who is being badly tempted?  What can you do to help him?  Find out a way.  Fight the devil who is attacking your brother.  Don’t slink off and do nothing to help.  Fight, fight hard.  Fight the good fight with all thy might.’

When the wise Abigail saw David, who at that time was a long way from final victory, she was perfectly sure that he would win because he was fighting the battles of the Lord.  The strongest, happiest, most victorious people are those who forget all about themselves in trying to help others.  They are fighting the battles of the Lord, and He fights for them and gives them the victory in their own private lives.  They reign in life by One, Christ Jesus.

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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.