Whispers of His Power – AUGUST 17

1 John 5.14-15:  And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

There is great comfort in one of the glorious prayers of the New Testament.  No one knows who wrote it, but we do know that it is an inspired prayer, and so there can be no doubt whatever about its being answered.  It is one of the prayers that fit the conditions of 1 John 5.14-15.

It is Hebrews 13.20-21.  Weymouth translates it:  Now may God who gives peace, and brought Jesus, our Lord, up again from among the dead – even Him who, by virtue of the blood of the eternal Covenant, is the great Shepherd of the sheep

– fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ.  To Him be the glory to the ages of the ages!  Amen.

The Lord strengthen us to take hold upon these words for whatever is the need of the day.  He is faithful.  He has not given us up because we have so often disappointed Him.

Let us trust and not be afraid.

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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.