Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 2

Eph. 5.19 (Moffatt):  Converse with one another in the music of psalms, in hymns and songs of the spiritual life, praise the Lord heartily with words and music, and render thanks to God the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ at all times and for all things.

(Rotherham):  Singing and striking the strings with your heart unto the Lord.

When I was small I used to think that, if I wanted very much to do a thing, that thing was probably wrong.  And if I didn’t want to do it, it was probably right.  

That is not quite fair to God, for His commandments are not grievous, not heavy and burdensome (1 John 5.3).

It is worth while to look out for the words in the Bible that tell us to do pleasant things, like singing.  Psalm 71.23 says:  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto Thee; and my soul, which Thou hast redeemed.  How true that is;  which of us does not know it?  The way of escape Irom the wilderness (see Psalm 63, the wilderness psalm) is by the way of praise and song.

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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.