Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 5

              Ps 23.2 (LXX):  In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell.

Have you ever felt discouraged in prayer because words would not come?  Often our Lord Jesus turned Bible words into prayer.  The Psalm book was the prayer book of the early Church.  It is ours still.  We cannot ever fathom the depths of this book.

Bishop Moule said that a hymnbook was a good prayer book, too.  Real hymns, like real songs, are born only when the soul is very near God.  This is why they have power to help.  They offer words to us when we have none of our own.

Thank God for our hymns and songs and books.  Above all, thank God for His Book of books.  Is there a need it cannot meet?  Is there a dryness it cannot refresh?  Not one.

In a place of green grass, there He has made me dwell.

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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.