Whispers of His Power – JULY 17

Gen. 24.12:  O Lord God… I pray Thee, send me good speed this day.

Matt. 6.7,8:  But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:  for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  Be not ye therefore like unto them: f or your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask Him.

Our Lord told His disciples that there was no need for many words when they prayed.  A brief prayer goes straight to the heart of God. Abraham’s servant teaches us a prayer we can Pray at all times, however pressed for time we may be.  It covers everything. O Lord God send me good speed this day. Give me success today, in my prayer life, in my work, in what I think and say and do, in what I am.

It is a telegram prayer.  Let us use it at moments of sudden need.  We know it will be answered, for ‘our Father knows’ our needs long before we ask Him.

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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.