Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 6

Rev. 4.11:  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.

We should be astonished if the one appointed to lead a meeting or a service came without preparation.  But what about us?  Is it not our worship too?  We know how a single note dropped out of a chord in music is a loss to the chord.  If one lover of the Lord goes to a meeting unready, conscious perhaps of some shadow of self in the centre, some out-of-tuneness, there will be loss to everyone.

Take time to prepare.  1 John 1.7, or John 13.5, or any words the Spirit brings to mind can work effectively in a very short time.  If only all who love our dear Lord are ready to answer the call, ‘O come, let us adore Him’, then there will be pure worship, pure adoration.

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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.