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Whispers of His Power – APRIL 10

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Whispers of His Power – APRIL 10

NOTE: In many years of reading Amy’s work I have never come across words that are as jarring as these. I can understand her words if she is speaking of our own journeys and needing to ‘hate’ that within us that is not lovely. For that reason I’ve decided to include these words rather then eliding them]

Ps. 97.10 (BCP):  O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil.

Do we hate enough?  I hate all evil ways the writer of Psalm 119 said in verse 104, and in verse 128 All false ways I utterly abhor (BCP).

Do we truly hate every false way?  Or are we covering up something which will one day come out to our shame before God and His holy angels?  There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;  and hid, that shall not be known (Matt. 10.26).

Do we hate unkind suspicions, whisperings, back-bitings, all unlove?

Do we hate mushy friendships?

Do we hate all weakening things, or are we sliding along in an easy kind of tolerance that is far removed from the ‘hate’ of such verses as this?

Do we hate laziness and slackness and all kinds of selfishness?

See that you love all that God loves, but see that you hate all that He hates. If we don’t know how to hate, we don’t know how to love.

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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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