Whispers of His Power – JUNE 26

Exod. 4.10:  And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent.

Matt. 6.7-8:  They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  Be not ye therefore like unto them.

These are words of comfort for those whose chief work is prayer.  Prayer is greatly helped by loved companionship – ‘loved’ because the least hurt to love wounds prayer.  When John wrote Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God, he was leading on to that wonderful word about prayer,  And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us (1 John 4.7; 5.14).

Even the most alone of us is one of a wonderful Companionship.  The Spirit is making intercession, and Christ our Lord ever liveth to make intercession, so we are not alone even when we seem to be alone.

We do not have to be eloquent.  We do not need to speak much.  We do not even need to know what we should pray for, ‘For His compassion matches our yearning – is ever taking our human frailty by the hand.  We are not even sure what boons should rightly be the object of our prayers;  but His Spirit – His very Spirit – is pleading ever for us with sighings such as no language can shape into words… His Spirit intercedes for His hallowed ones in just the way that God desires’ (Rom. 8.26, 27 Way).

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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.