Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 5

Ps. 51.10: Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me.

‘We can do little things for God.  I turn the cake that is frying in the pan for love of Him, and afterwards, if there is nothing else to call me, I prostrate myself in worship before Him who has given me grace to work.  Afterwards I rise happier than a king … It is enough for me to pick up a straw for the love of God.’  So wrote Brother Lawrence.

Sometimes, when asked to do something we do not want to do, instead of gladness there is gloom.  How that must hurt Him, whose love has so tenderly followed our lives from the first day until now.  How can we ever have the heart to hurt such love?  God forgive us and renew a right spirit within us, and help us from this time forth to pick up our straw, whatever it may be, for the love of God.  Not with gloom, but with gladness.

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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.