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Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 6th As many as I love I rebuke and chasten (Revelations 3:19). God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God. Affliction does not…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 5th Is there anything too hard for Jehovah? (Genesis 18:14). Here is God’s loving challenge to you and to me today. He wants us to think of the deepest, highest, worthiest desire and longing of our hearts, something which perhaps was our desire for ourselves or for someone…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 4th As I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God… and the hand of the Lord was there upon me ( Ezekiel  ). There is no commentator of the Scriptures half so valuable as a captivity.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 3rd You who bring good tidings to Zion, go up on a high mountain (Isaiah 40:9). Toys and trinkets are easily won, but the greatest things are greatly bought. The top-most place of power is always bought with blood. You may have the pinnacles if you have enough…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 2nd But prayer (Acts 12:5). But prayer is the link that connects us with God. This is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant the picture of the Apostolic Church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman November 1st When the cloud tarried… then the children of Israel… journeyed not (Numbers 9:19). This was the supreme test of obedience. It was comparatively easy to strike tents, when the fleecy folds of the cloud were slowly gathering from off the Tabernacle, and it floated majestically before the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 31st Likewise also the Spirit helpeth our infirmities; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 30th Let us run with patience (Hebrews 12:1). To run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 29th He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver (Malachi 3:3). Our Father, who seeks to perfect His saints in holiness, knows the value of the refiner’s fire. It is with the most precious metals that the assayer takes the most pains, and subjects them to…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 28th But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ… and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus .(Ephesians 2:4-6).…