Whispers of His Power – SEPTEMBER 16

Neh. 4.18:  For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.

Compare that with Nehemiah’s builders.  Every one had his sword girded by his side.  It must have been rather in the way, dangling from his sash or belt, but he knew better than to go to work without his sword.

Our sword, of course, is a spiritual thing, it is the word of God, as Ephesians 6.17 tells us.  Let us never go anywhere without it.  Whatever we don’t take, let us take that.

Now for today, and the foes of today, here is a great word:  Psalm 144.1. Blessed be the Lord my Strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.

He will teach us how to use our sword today.

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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.