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Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 15th When it rises up, the mighty are terrified, at its thrashing about they withdraw. (Job 41:25) God uses most for His glory those people and things which are most perfectly broken. The sacrifices He accepts are broken and contrite hearts. It was the breaking down of Jacob’s…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 14th The angel of the Lord came upon him (Peter) and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off (Acts 12:7). And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 13th Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. (Phil 4:6) No anxiety ought to be found in a believer. Great, many and varied may be our trials, our afflictions, our difficulties, and yet there…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 12th Joseph’s master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison. But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden.…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 10th Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers! —Psalms 37:1 This to me is a Divine command; the same as “Thou shalt not steal.” Now let us get to the definition of fretting. One good definition is, “Made rough on the…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 9th Therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you (Isaiah 30:18). Where showers fall most, there the grass is greenest. I suppose the fogs and mists of Ireland make it “the Emerald Isle”; and whenever you find great fogs of trouble, and mists…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 8th Do not begin to be anxious (Philippians 4:6, PBV). Not a few Christians live in a state of unbroken ,anxiety, and others fret and fume terribly. To be perfectly at peace amid the hurly-burly of daily life is a secret worth knowing. What is the use of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 7th Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? He that walketh in darkness and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rely upon his God” (Isa. 50:10, RV). What shall the believer do in times of…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 6th He opened not his mouth (Isaiah 53:7). How much grace it requires to bear a misunderstanding rightly, and to receive an unkind judgment in holy sweetness! Nothing tests the Christian character more than to have some evil thing said about him. This is the file that…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman October 5th The education of our faith is incomplete if we have not learned that there is a providence of loss, a ministry of failing and of fading things, a gift of emptiness. The material insecurities of life make for its spiritual establishment. The dwindling stream by which…