Category: Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman JANUARY 2nd And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward and so increased from the lowest chamber to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 1st The land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven; a land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord are always upon it, from the beginning of the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 31st “Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him” (Acts 12:5, margin). Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December  30th Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him” (Acts 12:5, margin). Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 29th “Arise… for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and are ye still? Be not slothful to go, and enter to possess the land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of anything that…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 28th “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice” (Phil. 4:4). “Sing a little song of trust,O my heart!Sing it just because you must,As leaves start;As flowers push their way through dust;Sing, my heart, because you must. “Wait not for an eager throngBird on bird;‘Tis the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 27th The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, —Ps 105:18 Turn that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus, “Iron entered his soul.” Is there not a truth in this? That sorrow and privation, the yoke borne in…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 26th Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”—Matt 26:36 It is a hard thing to be kept in the background at a time of crisis. In the Garden of Gethsemane eight…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 25th “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.” —Matt 1:23 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 24th He went out to relax in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching.—Gen 24:63 We should be better Christians if we were more alone; we should do more if we attempted less, and spent more time…