Tag: devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 29 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early (Psalms 46:5) “Shall not be moved”–what an inspiring declaration! Can it be possible that we, who are so easily moved by the things of earth, can arrive…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 28 I am jealous over you with God’s own jealousy  (2 Corinthians 11:2) Weymouth How an old harper dotes on his harp! How he fondles and caresses it, as a child resting on his bosom! His life is bound up in it. But, see him tuning it.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 27th ..And the God of all grace..Establish, strengthen, settle you (1 Peter 5:10). In taking Christ in any new relationship, we must first have sufficient intellectual light to satisfy our mind that we are entitled to stand in this relationship. The shadow of a question here will…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 26th I have begun to give! Begin to possess (Deuteronomy 2:31). A great deal is said in the Bible about waiting for God. The lesson cannot be too strongly enforced. We easily grow impatient of God’s delays. Much of our trouble in life comes out of our…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 24 But the dove found no rest for or the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him… And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf (Genesis 8:9-11). God knows just when to withhold from…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 23 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? (Psalms 10:1) God is “a very present help in trouble.” But He permits trouble to pursue us, as though He were indifferent to its overwhelming pressure, that we may be brought to the end of ourselves, and led to…

Streams in the Dessert by Mrs Cowman January 22nd He withdrew… to a solitary place (Matthew 14:13). There is no music during a musical rest, but the rest is part of the making of the music. In the melody of our life, the music is separated here and there by rests. During those rests, we…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 21st None of these things move me (Acts 20:24). We read in the book of Samuel that the moment that David was crowned at Hebron, “All the Philistines came up to seek David.” And the moment we get anything from the Lord worth contending for, then the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman JANUARY 20th Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better (Ecclesiastes 7:3). When sorrow comes under the power of Divine grace, it works out a manifold ministry in our lives. Sorrow reveals unknown depths in the soul, and unknown capabilities…