Whispers of His Power – JUNE 1

Mark 12.26-27:  God spake unto him [Moses], saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living.

Heb. 12.1, 2 (Way):  Therefore let us, like them – since we have encompassing us that vast cloud of witnesses for the truth – put aside every encumbrance, put off the garment of sin that can so readily trammel our efforts, and with strong endurance let us race along the course that stretches before us, turning our eyes away from all else toward Jesus.

Our Lord Jesus has taught us to call the dead, the living.  When a match is played or races are run, a crowd gathers round to watch.  Round about us now, like a dense but shining cloud, a great company has gathered to watch us playing the game of life and running the race.  What would it be if suddenly we could see that which is truly all about us, the living ones of the unseen world?  We cannot, but we are not meant to forget them.  They do not forget us.  There will be unseen ‘witnesses’ all around us today, praising God for what He is doing for us as with strong endurance we race along the course set for today.

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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.