Whispers of His Power – SEPTEMBER 18

1 John 4.7:  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;  and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Ps. 119.11:  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.

Beloved, let us love.  Is this word so hidden in our heart that it is impossible for us to sin against our God whose name is Love? 

It should be quite impossible even to think an unkind thought about another.  To misjudge, or to put the worst interpretation on what someone has said or done, should be utterly impossible.  If this great word, Beloved, let us love, is hidden in our heart it will prevent unkindness of any sort from slipping in.  Sometimes, of course, we have to speak of wrong things, but if we can speak of wrong in another without pain – that is unlove.

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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.