Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 22

Mark 6.46:  And when He had sent them away, He departed into a mountain to pray.

‘He then bade the people farewell, and went away up the hill to pray’ (Weymouth).  ‘Having said “Goodbye” to them all, He went away into the mountain to pray.’

Today there will be a strong pull to hold us back from this detachment.  The great adversary knows that everything depends on our frequently saying ‘Goodbye’ to things and people, in order to escape to the place where our God can pour His life into us.  We need to spend time alone with Him, so that He can make us strong to live undefeated by temptation, and triumphant over circumstances.

The Lord enable us to make this ‘Goodbye’ the habit of our lives, today and every day.

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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.