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Whispers of His Power – APRIL 6

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Whispers of His Power – APRIL 6

Mark 11.3:  And if any man say unto you,  Why do ye this?  say ye that the Lord hath need of him;  and straightway he will send him hither.

Mark 14.14, 15:  Say ye… The Master saith,  Where is the guestchamber? … And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared.

When our Lord Jesus comes again He will want to have a company of people upon whom He can count to do anything at a moment’s notice, without fuss or demanding explanation.  If that is to be so we must prepare now.  This means running off ‘at the double’, obeying ‘on the dot’, never stopping to argue or wonder why.  How delightful it must have been for our Lord Jesus, to be able to count on the owner of the colt and know that he would not disappoint him.  Wouldn’t it be joy to give Him joy like that?

There was another unknown man in Jerusalem whom our Lord could trust to give what He wanted without any long explanation or preparation.  He knew that it would be enough to say, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber?

I think those two men whose names we do not know yet must be very glad now that they were ready at any minute to do anything for their Lord.

Are we like them in this readiness?  Can we say what David’s servants said to their king in 2 Samuel 15.15?  Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.

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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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