Category: Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman Devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 21st And being absolutely certain that whatever promise He is bound by, He is able to make good (Rom. 4:20). We are told that Abraham could look at his own body and consider it as good as dead without being discouraged, because he was not looking at himself…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 20th Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts (Zech. 4:6). My way led up a hill, and right at the foot I saw a boy on a bicycle. He was pedalling up hill against the wind, and evidently found it a…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 19th Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord” (Exod. 14:13). These words contain God’s command to the believer when he is reduced to great straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut upon the right hand and on…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 18th And he shall bring it to pass (Ps. 37:5). I once thought that after I prayed that it was my duty to do everything that I could do to bring the answer to pass. He taught me a better way, and showed that my self-effort always hindered…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 17th he hand of the Lord hath wrought this (Job 12:9). Several years ago there was found in an African mine the most magnificent diamond in the world’s history. It was presented to the King of England to blaze in his crown of state. The King sent it…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 16th By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed” (Heb. 11:8). Whither he went, he knew not; it was enough for him to know that he went with God. He leant not so much upon the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 15th I trust in thy word” (Ps. 119:42). Just in proportion in which we believe that God will do just what He has said, is our faith strong or weak. Faith has nothing to do with feelings, or with impressions, with improbabilities, or with outward appearances. If we desire to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 14th For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 13th And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee” (Ezek. 3:22). Did you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman April 12th And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned From Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil  (Luke 4:1-2). Jesus was full of the Holy Ghost, and yet He was tempted. Temptation often comes upon a man…