From Streams in the Desert with Mrs. Charles Cowman: “Let us run with patience” (Heb. 12:1). O run with patience is a very difficult thing. Running is apt to suggest the absence of patience, the eagerness to reach the goal. We commonly associate patience with lying down. We think of it as the angel that guards the...
read moreThe Word: Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves (Phil 2:3). Prayerful Contemplation: Am I too preoccupied with my own welfare to notice it when something is wrong in another person’s life? Further, what do I do when people come to me with their...
read moreThe Word: … God is love (1 Jn 4:8b). Prayerful Contemplation: Today, God reminded me of a message that He has given all women. “I love you, and I want to be your Friend.” It’s amazing how hard we try to find love and approval everywhere but in the Place where we can truly find it. God is reaching out to us, holding out His...
read moreMonday: The devotion from Pastor Courson : C. H. Spurgeon said that affliction is the tuner of the harp and the sanctifier of the son. I like that. How did David have such intimacy with the Lord, such passion for the Lord, such understanding of the Lord that He could write the psalms he wrote? His passion, wisdom, and understanding...
read moreThe Word: My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away (Song of Solomon 2:10). Prayerful Contemplation: Continuing from yesterday’s devotion: Sometimes after peeking at the world, we find ourselves deep in worldly affairs. Sometimes we are in so deep that we do not hear the Lord calling us...
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