Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 29

Eph. 5.19 (Way):  Speak out your thoughts to each other in psalms, in hymns, in chants inspired by the Holy Spirit.

One of the chief joys of friendship is the sense of being understood.  You are free to think aloud, you do not need to be careful. If there is an inner inhibition, ‘Be careful how you speak, how you write; it may be misunderstood, then there is an utter end of this most restful element in friendship.

Paul lifts this truth to the spiritual plane.  Our life of song is as certain to be attacked as our life of prayer, of which it is indeed a part.  For it is precious, and all precious things are attacked.

So we need to come prepared in spirit before meeting to sing.  Then when the enemy prowls about he will find great wings folded round us, and the Presence of the Lord in our midst.

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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.