Tag: devotional
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Streams 9/17
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 17th “It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good” (1 Sam. 3:18) See God in everything, and God will calm and color all that thou dost see!” It may be that the circumstances of our sorrows will not be removed, their condition will remain unchanged;…
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Streams in the Desert 9/16
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 16th Hiding Place Hide thyself by the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:3). God’s servants must be taught the value of the hidden life. The man who is to take a high place before his fellows must take a low place before his God. We must not be surprised…
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Streams en el Desierto 9/15
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 15th Blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out (S. of Sol. 4:16). Some of the spices mentioned in this chapter are quite suggestive. The aloe was a bitter spice, and it tells of the sweetness of bitter things, the bitter-sweet, which has its own fine…
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Streams in the Desert 9/14
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 14th “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Mark 8:34). The cross which my Lord bids me take up and carry may assume different shapes. I may have to content myself with a lowly and narrow sphere, when…
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Streams in the Desert 9/13
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 13th Come up in the morning . . . and present thyself unto me in the top of the mount (Exod. 34:2). The morning is the time fixed for my meeting the Lord. The very word morning is as a cluster of rich grapes. Let us crush them,…
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Streams in the Desert 9/12
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 12th Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?” (Songs of Solomon 8:5). Some one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A brother asked the Lord for various blessings–as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many already received–as…
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Streams in the Desert 9/11
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 11th “And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise” (Heb. 6:15). Abraham was long tried, but he was richly rewarded. The Lord tried him by delaying to fulfill His promise. Satan tried him by temptation; men tried him by jealousy, distrust, and opposition; Sarah tried…
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Streams in the Desert 9/10
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 10th The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me (Ps. 138:8). There is a Divine mystery in suffering, a strange and supernatural power in it, which has never been fathomed by the human reason. There never has been known great saintliness of soul which did not pass through…
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Streams in the Desert 9/9
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 9th “Not much earth” (Matthew. 13:5). Shallow! It would seem from the teaching of this parable that we have something to do with the soil. The fruitful seed fell into “good and honest hearts.” I suppose the shallow people are the soil without much earth–those who have no…
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Streams in the Desert 9/8
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 8th “Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress” (Ps. 4:1). This is one of the grandest testimonies ever given by man to the moral government of God. It is not a man’s thanksgiving that he has been set free from suffering. It is a thanksgiving that…