Whispers of His Power – JUNE 4

1 John 2.10:  He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

‘What an emphasis gets on kindness as life goes on’, said Bishop Paget.  Writing to someone in a Nursing Home, he said how he hoped the patient was ‘not too ill or weary to enjoy the happiness of feeling kindness all around you, and Goodness all above you’.

As we watch the lives of those who have hearts ‘at leisure from themselves’ and live for others, we cannot help seeing that there is ‘none occasion of stumbling’ in them.  They don’t stumble people, they help them.  They clear hindrances out of the path and make it much easier for those who do not know Him to find their Saviour.

Let us more and more earnestly ask for this kindness of heart that shows itself in loving thoughts and deeds.  Let us begin with ourselves.  The Lord make us sensitive to the merest whisper of unlove in our hearts.  He that loveth… abideth.

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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.