Tag: Streams in the Desert

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 19th This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses. —Luke 21:13 Life is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody “call back” and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill. We are all climbers together, and we must help…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 18th No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! —Rom 8:37 The Gospel is so arranged and the gift of God so great that you may take the very enemies that fight you and the forces that are arrayed against you and…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 17th Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this. —1 Thess…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 16th And there was Anna, a prophetess… which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day (Luke 2:36-37). No doubt by praying we learn to pray, and the more we pray the oftener we can pray, and the better we can…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 15th Trust in the Lord and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! —Ps 37:3 The word trust is the heart word of faith. It is the Old Testament word, the word given to the early and infant stage of faith. The word…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 14th His disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray… and he said unto them, “When ye pray, say… Thy kingdom come” (Luke 11:1-2). When they said, “Teach us to pray,” the Master lifted His eyes and swept the far horizon of God. He gathered up the…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 13th. I will give you the treasures of darkness (Isaiah 45:3). In the famous lace shops of Brussels, there are certain rooms devoted to the spinning of the finest and most delicate patterns. These rooms are altogether darkened, save for a light from one very small window, which…

Streams in the Desert By Mrs Cowman December 12th The last drops of my sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come. I have fought in the good fight; I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:6-22). As soldiers show their scars and talk of battles when they come at last to spend their old…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 11th Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple during the night. May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!  —Ps 134:1, 3 Strange time for adoration, you say, to stand in God’s house by…

Streams in the Desert by Mrs Cowman December 10th But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer. And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that…