Whispers of His Power – JANUARY 15

1 John 4.11: Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Love cannot help loving, any more than water can help flowing.  It is pure joy just to love.  The love of God follows us wherever we go and whatever we are doing.  That we know nothing of it does not matter.  That we are wholly occupied in our work does not matter.

Is it not utterly wonderful?  He finds pleasure in loving us.  To love is the joy of God.  And this love, this very love, is the love He sheds abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit He has given us (Rom. 5.5).

Is there one of us who would wish to hurt or to ignore love like that?

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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.