Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 6

John 11.42: And I knew shat Thou hearest Me always

When we pray, God always answers.  Sometimes He sys Yes, sometimes No, sometimes Wait.  Let us never talk of unanswered prayers.  Our Father does answer us when we, His loving children, speak to Him.  I think it must sound very strange to Him when we let ourselves use such untrue ungrateful words.  Isn’t No an answer?  Isn’t Wait an answer?  Can’t we trust our Father if He says No, or Wait?

Our Lord Jesus said I knew that Thou hearest Me always.  John, who heard Him say that, wrote in his first letter (Ch 5v.14) And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us.

Let us pray, then, in the confidence that He does truly hear and truly answer – always.

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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.