Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 15

John 14.23:  Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words.

1 John 5.3:  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.

In my room is a little cabinet full of letters from my children.  When I have to ask one of them to do a hard thing I don’t go and look through the letters to find the one which is most loving.  Words are not the proof of love.  They are the fragrance of the flower of love, but they are not the flower, nor even the proof that there is a flower, for fragrance can be imitated. ‘Judas kissed Him much.’  Our Lord Jesus gives us the one unfailing test of love: If a man love Me he will keep My words.

The Lord help us to give Him the joy that our children give to us when they loyally and lovingly keep our words.  Let us give Him this joy today.

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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.