Whispers of His Power – AUGUST 21

Phil. 1.9:  And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.

That is a generous word – abound.  God uses generous words.

The love for which Paul prays is a wonderful kind of love.  It does not love in a merely earthly way or in a weak way.  Does my friendship with that friend of mine help towards unselfishness?  Does it draw others in or does it push them out?  Is it discerning – wise in understanding how best to help?  Does it always put Christ and others first?

Abounding love of this sort is our great need.  Such love is always looking out for chances to do loving things.  It runs the second mile as a matter of course, for it is continually doing more than it need.

Let us pray that this love may abound more and more in us.  God is love, and we can never draw too much upon Him.  That sea will never run dry.

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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.