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Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 11th As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests… shall rest in the waters… the waters shall be cut off (Joshua 3:13). The people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened, they were to walk by faith. They were to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 10th Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves (Romans 12:19). There are seasons when to be still demands immeasurably higher strength than to act. Composure is often the highest result of power. To the vilest and most deadly charges Jesus responded with deep, unbroken silence, such as excited the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman FEB 9TH He answered her not a word (Matthew 15:23). He will be silent in his love (Zephaniah 3:17). It may be a child of God is reading these words who has had some great crushing sorrow, some bitter disappointment, some heart-breaking blow from a totally unexpected quarter. You are…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman February 8th And, know, I am with you always (Matthew 28:20). Never look ahead to the changes and challenges of this life in fear. Instead, as they arise look at them with the full assurance that God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. Hasn’t He kept…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 7th Why art thou cast down, O my soul (Ps. 43:5). Is there ever any ground to be cast down? There are two reasons, but only two. If we are as yet unconverted, we have ground to be cast down; or if we have been converted and…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 6th He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him (Psalms 66:6). It is a striking assertion, “through the floods” (the place where we might have expected nothing but trembling and terror, anguish and dismay) “there,”…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 5th Ye shall not go out with haste (Isaiah 52:12). I do not believe that we have begun to understand the marvelous power there is in stillness. We are in such a hurry of  doing something  that we are in danger of not giving God a chance to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 4th I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth (Isaiah 58:14). Those who fly through the air in airships tell us that one of the first rules they learn is to turn their ship toward the wind, and fly against it. The wind…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 3 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness (Mark 1:12). It seemed a strange proof of Divine favor. “Immediately.” Immediately after what? After the opened heavens and the dove-like peace and the voice of the Father’s blessing, “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 2nd In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hid me. Isaiah 49:2 “In the shadow.” We must all go there sometimes. The glare of the daylight is too brilliant; our eyes become injured, and…