Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 18

1 Cor. 10.10:  Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.

Neither let us murmur at restrictions’ is Way’s translation.  A murmuring spirit is like a fretting leprosy.  It can only end in destruction.

The foolishness of man perverteth (overthroweth) his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord(Prov. 19.3).  When we let ourselves fret against the restrictions that hamper us, we are fretting against the Lord.  He could as easily remove them as we could open a door.

Let us pray today for a merry heart, whatever our restrictions, for A merry heart doeth good like a medicine (Prov. 17.22).

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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.