Tag: devotional

Streams in the Desert by Mrs cowman July 18th The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him (2 Chronicles 16:9). God is looking for a man, or woman, whose heart will be always set on Him,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 17th I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place (Isaiah 18:4, RV). Assyria was marching against Ethiopia, the people of which are described as tall and smooth. And as the armies advance, God makes no effort to arrest them; it seems as though they…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 16th Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son… I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven; …because thou hast obeyed my voice (Genesis 22:16-18). And from that day to this, men have been learning that when, at…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 15th This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith (1 John 5:4). It is easy to love Him when the blue is in the sky,When summer winds are blowing, and we smell the roses nigh;There is little effort needed to obey His precious willWhen it leads…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 13th Dare to Believe God! God… calleth those things which be not as though they were (Romans 4:17). What does that mean? Why Abraham did this thing: he dared to believe God. It seemed an impossibility at his age that Abraham should become the father of a child;…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 12th He hath acquainted himself with my beaten path. When he hath searched me out, I shall come out shining (Job 23:10, free translation). “Faith grows amid storms” — just four words, but oh, how full of import to the soul who has been in the storms! Faith is…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 11th It came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land (1 Kings 17:7). Week after week, with unfaltering and steadfast spirit, Elijah watched that dwindling brook; often tempted to stagger through unbelief, but refusing to allow his circumstances…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 10th I called upon him, but he gave me no answer (Songs of Solomo 5:6). The Lord, when He hath given great faith, hath been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered His servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 9th “I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” (Isa. 48:10). Does not the Word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yes, is it not an asbestos armor, against which the heat has no power? Let the affliction come–God has chosen me.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman July 8th They shall mount up with wings as eagles (Isaiah 40:31). There is a fable about the way the birds got their wings at the beginning. They were first made without wings. Then God made the wings and put them down before the wingless birds and said to…