Whispers of His Power – AUGUST 12

Ps. 71.4 (BCP):  Thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for.

Ps. 132.14 (BCP):  …He hath longed for her.

It is not strange that we should long for our Lord.  How could we help it?  It is surely the wonder of all wonders that He should long for us.

For the Lord hath chosen Zion to be an habitation for Himself:  He hath longed for her.  Zion, poor fallen sinful Zion;  man, poor fallen sinful man;  me (how fallen, how sinful, only He who knows all knows), He hath longed for me.

Lord Jesus, help me to meet longing with longing, love with love.  Thou, O Lord, art the Thing that I long for.  I will love Thee, O Lord, my strength (Ps. 18.1).

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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.