Whispers of His Power – SEPTEMBER 19

Heb. 4.7:  Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.

Once a man wrote in a book the experiences he had had with the Lord, and the blessings he had received.  When he was down-hearted, he read it.  But the rats, fond of eating paper, found it.  One day he sent his servant for the book, and his servant returned and said:  ‘O Master, the rats have eaten up all your experiences!’

It would be a good thing if some kind rat would eat up all our experiences if we are in the least living on them.  The word is always TODAY if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts.

What about our today?  Is all well today?  Is there anything in me today about which my Lord wants to speak to me?  Let us not harden our hearts, but listen and obey.

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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.