Whispers of His Power – APRIL 2
Rom. 10.21 (RV): All the day long did I spread out My hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
The metaphor is of a mother opening her arms to call her child to her embrace. It has often helped me when my faith and love burned low. If God could go on doing such a loving thing “all day long’ for years and years, could not I go on loving and stretching out my arms too? And so I learned to pray, ‘Love through me, Love of God’.
He is the God of Patience and of Comfort (Rom. 15.5) as well as the God of Hope (Rom. 15.13). Paul must often have been discouraged and disappointed, but deep in his heart these lovely names were spoken. They can help us as they must have helped Paul.
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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.
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