Category: Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 21st Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him (Psalms 37:7). Have you prayed and prayed and waited and waited, and still there is no manifestation? Are you tired of seeing nothing move? Are you just at the point of giving it all up? Perhaps you…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 20th Nothing shall be impossible unto you (Matt. 17:20). It is possible, for those who really are willing to reckon on the power of the Lord for keeping and victory, to lead a life in which His promises are taken as they stand and are found to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 19th And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit (John 15:2). A child of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard in the rich autumnal glow she…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 18th Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be (Mark 11:24). When my little son was about ten years of age, his grandmother promised him a stamp album for Christmas. Christmas came, but no stamp album, and no…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Feb 17th The land which I do give them, even the children of Israel (Joshua 1:2). God here speaks in the immediate present. It is not something He is going to do, but something He does do, this moment. So faith ever speaks. So God ever gives. So He is…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman Do Not Fret! February 15th Fret not thyself (Psalms 37:1). Do not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were justified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in the Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 14th Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! (Philippians 4:4). It is a good thing to “rejoice in the Lord.” Perhaps you have tried it but seemed to fail at first. Don’t give it a second thought, and forge ahead. Even when you cannot feel any…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 13th Faith in Difficult Times The hill country shall be thine (Joshua 17:18, RV). There is always room higher up. When the valleys are full of Canaanites, whose iron chariots withstand your progress, get up into the hills, occupy the upper spaces. If you can no longer…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Febreuary 12th Our heavenly Father knoweth (Matthew 6:32). A visitor at a school for the deaf and dumb was writing questions on the blackboard for the children. By and by he wrote this sentence: “Why has God made me to hear and speak, and made you deaf and…