Whispers of His Power – JUNE 12

Eph. 4.3:  Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Col. 3.13 – 15 (RV):  Forbearing one another, and forgiving each other… even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye: and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.  And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;  giving diligence;  earnestly striving to maintain.  Each translation emphasizes not the ease of keeping in vital unity, but the difficulty.  It is not a natural thing for people to live so.  It is super-natural, heavenly.  So it is assaulted on all sides by the Prince of this world, sometimes covertly with a horrible subtlety, sometimes openly.  The underground operations of the devil are more dangerous than the obvious attacks.  But Paul never contemplates defeat or any surrender whatever of the position, as Colossians 3.13-15 makes clear.  Nor need we.

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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.