Tag: readings
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Streams in the Desert 10/11
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 11th As dying and behold we live (2 Cor. 6:9). I had a bed of asters last summer, that reached clear across my garden in the country. Oh, how gaily they bloomed. They were planted late. On the sides were yet fresh blossoming flowers, while the tops had…
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Streams in the Desert Jan 7th
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 7th I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content (Philippians 4:11). Paul, denied of every comfort, wrote the above words in his dungeon. A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withered and dying.…
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Streams in the Desert January 6th
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman JANUARY 6 When thou passest through the waters… they shall not overflow thee (Isaiah 43:2). God does not open paths for us in advance of our coming. He does not promise help before help is needed. He does not remove obstacles out of our way before we reach…
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Streams in the Desert Jan 3rd
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 3rd I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure (Genesis 33:14). What a beautiful picture of Jacob’s thoughtfulness for the cattle and the children! He would not allow them to be overdriven even for one…
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Streams in the Desert Jan 2nd
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman JANUARY 2nd And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward and so increased from the lowest chamber to…
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Streams in the Desert Jan 1st
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman January 1st The land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys and drinketh water of the rain of heaven; a land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord are always upon it, from the beginning of the…
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Streams in the Desert 12/31st
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 31st “Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him” (Acts 12:5, margin). Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained…
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Streams in the Desert 12/30th
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 30th Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him” (Acts 12:5, margin). Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by…
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Streams in the Desert 12/29
Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 29th “Arise… for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and are ye still? Be not slothful to go, and enter to possess the land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of anything that…
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Streams in the Desert 12/28th
Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 28th “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice” (Phil. 4:4). “Sing a little song of trust,O my heart!Sing it just because you must,As leaves start;As flowers push their way through dust;Sing, my heart, because you must. “Wait not for an eager throngBird on bird;‘Tis the…