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Streams in the Desert – October 12
October 12 “And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into a prison… But Jehovah was with Joseph… and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper. (Gen. 39:20-23) WHEN God lets us go to prison because we have been serving Him, and goes there with us, prison isRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 11
October 11 “As dying and behold we live.” (2 Cor. 6:9.) I HAD a bed of asters last summer, that reached clear across my garden in the country. Oh, how gaily they bloomed. They were planted late. On the sides were yet fresh blossoming flowers, while the tops had goneRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 10
October 10 “Fret not.” (Psalm 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 surface.” “Rubbed, or worn away”; and a peevish, irrational, fault-finding person not onlyRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 09
October 9 “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 of sorrow,Read More …
Streams in the Desert – October 08
October 8 “Do not begin to be anxious.” (Phil. 4:6, P. B. V.) 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 useRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 07
October 7 “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, R. V.) WHAT shall the believer do in times ofRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 06
October 6 “He opened not his mouth.” (Isa. 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 soon provesRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 05
October 5 “It came to pass… that the brook dried up.” (1 Kings 17:7.) 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 lifeRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 04
October 4 “So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning” (Job 42:12.) THROUGH his griefs Job came to his heritage. He was tried that his godliness might be confirmed. Are not my troubles intended to deepen my character and to robe me in graces IRead More …
Streams in the Desert – October 03
October 3 “And after the earthquake a fire; and after the fire a sound of gentle stillness.” (1 Kings 19:12, R. V., margin.) A SOUL, who made rapid progress in her understanding of the Lord, was once asked the secret of her easy advancement. She replied tersely, “Mind the checks.”Read More …
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