Whispers of His Power – SEPTEMBER 20
Eph. 1.3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
Eph. 2.6: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Some of us have watched with wonder a bird glide in the high air. ‘If the wings are held outstretched without motion there will be an uplift if the air is full of little motions, swirls and quiverings.’
Let us practise using the ‘motions, swirls and quiverings’ of life as means whereby we may attain to quietness of spirit.
God, who hast made sea-gulls so beautiful,
Cleaving the sky,
So let my service be – fearless and poised and sure –
Teach me to fly.
God who hast taught sea-gulls to soar and rest
On empty space,
So let me rise to Thee, dwell in the heavenlies,
Proving Thy grace.
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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.
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