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Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March 12th So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts! and the Lord turned a very strong…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March 11th After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: “Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them.—(Joshua 1:1-2) Sorrow came to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March  10th But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him. (Heb 10:38) Seemings and feelings are often substituted for faith. Pleasurable emotions and deep satisfying experiences are part of the Christian life, but they are not all of it. Trials,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March 9th Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards (Song 4:8) Crushing weights give the Christian wings. It…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman March 8th So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised, so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March 7th For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way – struggles from the outside, fears from within (2 Cor 7:5). Why should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman March 6th But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened (Luke 24:21). I have always felt so sorry that in that walk to Emmaus the disciples had not…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March 5th For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end (Heb 3:14). It is the last step that wins; and there is no place in the pilgrim’s progress where so many dangers lurk as the region that lies…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman March 4th Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises (Heb. 6:12). They (heroes of faith) are calling to us from the heights that they have won, and telling us that what man once did man can do again. Not only do they remind us of the necessity…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman March 3rd And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him (Mark 9:26). Evil never surrenders its hold without a sore fight. We never pass into any spiritual inheritance through the delightful exercises of a picnic, but always through the grim contentions of the battle…