Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 8

There is something very large and noble about that sort of living.  It is the life that never crawls and cringes, it reigns.

What does that mean in our common everyday life?  For one thing it means a frankness in owning up, no covering up our faults, no excuses and self-defence, no petty meanness.

It means generous thinking about others, not attributing bad motives, not admitting belittling thoughts.  It means not only truth and kindness but an all-round ‘opulence of unselfishness’, doing as much as one can to help others (not as little as we can get away with).  It means, in a word, a life of love.  Love loves to give, not in measure but abundantly.

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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.