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Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 2nd But prayer (Acts 12:5). But prayer is the link that connects us with God. This is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant the picture of the Apostolic Church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 1st When the cloud tarried… then the children of Israel… journeyed not (Numbers 9:19). This was the supreme test of obedience. It was comparatively easy to strike tents, when the fleecy folds of the cloud were slowly gathering from off the Tabernacle, and it floated majestically before the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 31st Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 30th Let us run with patience (Hebrews 12:1). To run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 29th He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver (Malachi 3:3). Our Father, who seeks to perfect His saints in holiness, knows the value of the refiner’s fire. It is with the most precious metals that the assayer takes the most pains, and subjects them to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 28th But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ… and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus .(Ephesians 2:4-6).…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 27th All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me (Psalms 42:7). They are HIS billows, whether they go o’er us,Hiding His face in smothering spray and foam;Or smooth and sparkling, spread a path before us,And to our haven bear us safely home.They are HIS billows, whether…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 26th The need of perfect Solitude He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when evening was come, he was there alone (Matthew 14:23). The man Christ Jesus felt the need of perfect solitude–Himself alone, entirely by Himself, alone with Himself. We know how much sharing with…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 23rd There hath not failed one word of all his good promise (1 King 8:56). Some day we shall understand that God has a reason in every NO which He speaks through the slow movement of life. “Somehow God makes up to us.” How often, when His people…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 22nd Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside, of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame…