Whispers of His Power – MAY 4

Jer. 3.4 (LXX):  Hast thou not called Me as it were a home?

Home is one of our very dearest words, because all that we know of human love is wrapped up in it.  I have been applying this word, which comes only in the Septuagint, to our Sunday morning worship.  Hast thou not called Me as it were a home?

It is true that we are always there, at home with Him, but our time of worship is meant to be a specially joyful coming home together – a little lovely foretaste of what will be by and by, when we see Him face to face.

As we return from the ‘journey’ of the week, let us believe in the welcome that awaits us, and eagerly and joyfully hasten to our home.

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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.