Category: Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 21th Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. (Mark 2:1) The polyps which construct the coral reefs, work away under water, never dreaming that they are building the foundation of a new island on which, by-and-by, plants and…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 20th You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, “This is the correct way, walk in it,” whether you are heading to the right or the left. (Isa 30:21) When we are in doubt or difficulty, when many voices urge this course or the other, when…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 19th Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it. (Isa 28:28) Many of us cannot be used to become food for the world’s hunger until we are broken in Christ’s…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 18th Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed. (Heb 12:12-13) This is God’s word of encouragement to us to lift up the hands of faith,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 17th Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. (Ezek 1:25) That is the letting down of the wings? People so often say, “How do you get the voice of the Lord?” Here is the secret. They heard the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 16th Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence. — Ps 62:5  Our too general neglect of looking for answers to what we ask, shows how little we are in earnest in our petitions. A husbandman is not content without…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 15th He named the second child Ephraim, saying, “Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering. (Gen 41:52) The summer showers are falling. The poet stands by the window watching them. They are beating and buffeting the earth with their fierce downpour. But…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 14th But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers. (Luke 22:32) Christian, take good care of thy faith, for recollect that faith is the only means whereby thou canst obtain blessings. Prayer cannot draw down answers from…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 13th Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage. (John 14:27) Two painters each painted a picture to illustrate his conception of rest.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman June 12th In everything ye are enriched by him (1 Cor. 1:5). Have you ever seen men and women whom some disaster drove to a great act of prayer, and by and by the disaster was forgotten, but the sweetness of religion remained and warmed their souls? So have I…