Whispers of His Power – JUNE 11

Eph. 4.1:   I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord…

Phil. 4.13 (Rotherham):  I have might for all things in Him that empowereth me.

After the heights come the plains, in the Bible and in our everyday life.  The glory and the wonder of the last verses of Ephesians 3 (the love of Christ, the fullness of God, Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think), are followed by I… the prisoner of the Lord.

There are strange limitations sometimes in our work itself.  Sometimes we ourselves experience frustrations, inabilities, and chains known perhaps only to Him who knows all.

Paul opens the way of peace here, as he always does.  It is acceptance.  That crosses out all ‘ineffective unwillingness’ and then all fret passes.  There is peace.

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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.