Whispers of His Power – AUGUST 22

Phil. 1.10:  That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.

‘So that you may test the things that differ’ is Bishop Moule’s version in his Philippian Studies.

Almost the first thing a baby learns to do is to test things that differ.  Put a new thing in a baby’s hand and watch it.  It turns it round, looks at it, tries to bite it.  Once when I was small I put a piece of soap in my mouth thinking it was butter.  I never did that again.

Paul prayed that the people of Philippi might approve the things that are excellent – not go on eating soap when they found it was not butter.  What about us?  Do we test and approve the excellent?  That means, are we doing every single thing, great and small, seen and unseen, as unto the Lord?

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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.