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Streams in the Desert – August 03
August 3 “Quit you like men, be strong.” (1 Cor. 16:13.) DO not pray for easy lives! Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but youRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 02
August 2 “I will make all my mountains a way.” (Isa. 49:11.) GOD will make obstacles serve His purpose. We all have mountains in our lives. There are people and things that threaten to bar our progress in the Divine life. Those heavy claims, that uncongenial occupation, that thorn inRead More …
Streams in the Desert – August 01
August 1 “Surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead.” (Romans 6:13.) (Weymouth.) I WENT one night to hear an address on consecration. No special message came to me from it, but as the speaker kneeled to pray, he dropped this sentence: “ORead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 31
July 31 “He guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.” (Psa. 78:72.) WHEN you are doubtful as to your course, submit your judgment absolutely to the Spirit of God, and ask Him to shut against you every door but the right one…. Meanwhile keep on as you are, andRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 30
July 30 “A cup of cold water only.” (Matt. 10:42.) WHAT am I to do? I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good work, therefore, any kindness, or any service I can render to any soul of man or animal, let me do it now. Let meRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 29
July 29 “Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the day of trouble?” (Job 38:22, 23.) OUR trials are great opportunities. Too often we look on them as great obstacles. It would be a haven of rest and an inspiration of unspeakable power ifRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 28
July 28 “The Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and storm.” (Nahum 1:3.) I RECOLLECT, when a lad, and while attending a classical institute in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant, sitting on an elevation of that mountain, and watching a storm as it came up the valley. The heavensRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 27
July 27 “Prove me now.” (Mal. 3:10.) WHAT is God saying here but this: “My child, I still have windows in Heaven. They are yet in service. The bolts slide as easily as of old. The hinges have not grown rusty. I would rather fling them open, and pour forth,Read More …
Streams in the Desert – July 26
July 26 “For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.” (Gal. 5:5, R. V.) THERE are times when things look very dark to me—so dark that I have to wait even for hope. It is bad enough to wait in hope. A long-deferred fulfillment carriesRead More …
Streams in the Desert – July 25
July 25 “What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.” (John 13:7.) WE have only a partial view here of God’s dealings, His half-completed, half-developed plan; but all will stand out in fair and graceful proportions in the great finished Temple of Eternity! Go, in theRead More …
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