Tag: inspirational

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 24th After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithyma: but the Spirit suffered them not (Acts 16:7). What a strange prohibition! These men were going into Bithynia just to do Christ’s work, and the door is shut against them by Christ’s own Spirit. I,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 23rd He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his inner being shall flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). Some of us are shivering and wondering why the Holy Spirit does not fill us. We have plenty coming in, but we do not give it…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowmam September 22nd “And the Lord said . . . Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not” (Luke 22:31-32). Our faith is the center of the target at which God doth shoot when He tries…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 21st “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord” (Phil. 3:8). This is the happy season of ripening cornfields, of the merry song of the reapers, of the secured and garnered grain. But let me hearken to the sermon of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 20th “Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” (John 11:40). Mary and Martha could not understand what their Lord was doing. Both of them said to Him, “Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.”…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 19th My Father is the husbandman (John 15:1). It is comforting to think of trouble, in whatever form it may come to, us, as a heavenly messenger, bringing us something from God. In its earthly aspect it may seem hurtful, even destructive; but in its spiritual out-working it…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman September 18th “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 29 :18). Waiting upon God is necessary in order to see Him, to have a vision of Him. The time element in vision is essential. Our hearts are like a sensitive photographer’s plate; and in order to have God…

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;…

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…

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…