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Streams in the Desert – September 22
September 22 “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 us;Read More …
Streams in the Desert – September 21
September 21 “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 ofRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 20
September 20 “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.” BackRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 19
September 19 “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 outworking it yieldsRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 18
September 18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Prov. 19:18.) 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 revealedRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 17
September 17 “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; butRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 16
September 16 “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 if sometimes ourRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 15
September 15 “Blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out.” (Song of Sol. 4:16.) SOME of the spices mentioned in this chapter are quite suggestive. The aloe was a bitter spice, and it tells of the sweetness of bitter things, the bitter-sweet, which has its own fine applicationRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 14
September 14 “Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mark 8:34.) THE cross which my Lord bids me take up and carry may assume different shapes. I may have to content myself with a lowly and narrow sphere, when IRead More …
Streams in the Desert – September 13
September 13 “Come up in the morning…. and present thyself unto me in the top of the mount.” (Exod. 34:2.) HE morning is the time fixed for my meeting the Lord. The very word morning is as a cluster of rich grapes. Let us crush them, and drink the sacredRead More …
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