Whispers of His Power – APRIL 19
Rom. 8.37: In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.
These words are written of a General’s duties, but the same duties are ours if we are given younger ones to help: ‘He should constantly impress on the minds of his officers and men the thought that the battle will not be lost because it must not be lost. Thus weakness is stayed, and all retreat cut off. The only open path leads forward to victory.’
It is true for us all. The only open path, the only path we must ever for one moment contemplate, leads forward to victory. Before a battle is lost on the field it is lost in the mind. If the Lord our Captain is in His rightful place there, we shall not think of defeat as among the possibilities of life.
God give us the soldier spirit, the spirit that thirsts to be more than conqueror.
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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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