Tag: devotional

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman February 8th And, know, I am with you always (Matthew 28:20). Never look ahead to the changes and challenges of this life in fear. Instead, as they arise look at them with the full assurance that God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them. Hasn’t He kept…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 7th Why art thou cast down, O my soul (Ps. 43:5). Is there ever any ground to be cast down? There are two reasons, but only two. If we are as yet unconverted, we have ground to be cast down; or if we have been converted and…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 6th He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him (Psalms 66:6). It is a striking assertion, “through the floods” (the place where we might have expected nothing but trembling and terror, anguish and dismay) “there,”…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 5th Ye shall not go out with haste (Isaiah 52:12). I do not believe that we have begun to understand the marvelous power there is in stillness. We are in such a hurry of  doing something  that we are in danger of not giving God a chance to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 4th I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth (Isaiah 58:14). Those who fly through the air in airships tell us that one of the first rules they learn is to turn their ship toward the wind, and fly against it. The wind…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 3 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness (Mark 1:12). It seemed a strange proof of Divine favor. “Immediately.” Immediately after what? After the opened heavens and the dove-like peace and the voice of the Father’s blessing, “Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 2nd In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hid me. Isaiah 49:2 “In the shadow.” We must all go there sometimes. The glare of the daylight is too brilliant; our eyes become injured, and…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman February 1 This is my doing. (1 Kings 12:24) The disappointments of life are simply the hidden appointments of love.–C.A. Fox My child, I have a message for you today. Let me whisper it in your ear so any storm clouds that may arise will shine with glory, and…