Whispers of His Power – SEPTEMBER 12

Mark 10.28-30:  Then Peter began to say unto Him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed Thee.  And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My sake, and the gospel’s, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time… with persecutions;  and in the world to come eternal life.

‘Leave all and thou shalt find all.’  This is a word for each one of us, for as the same old book says, ‘This is not one day’s work nor children’s play’.  It is not a little matter to leave all – all of self, its desires, pride and ways.  But if we do we shall find all that our Lord has to give us.

Do we want to live this life?  Are we in earnest about it?  Or do we still want to hold on to the wretched rags of self and self-pleasing?  God can deliver us from these, and strengthen us in very truth to leave all, that we may find all.

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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.