• “Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that thing is sin to you.” – Susanna Wesley

Missionary Wives

Deep Faith – Streams in the Desert 08/30

“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of… Continue reading

The Lightest Cross – Streams in the Desert 08/29

“And he went out carrying his own cross” (John 19:17).
There is a poem called “The Changed Cross.” It represents… Continue reading

Being Proven – Streams in the Desert 08/28

“There he proved them” (Exod. 15:25).
I stood once in the test room of a great steel mill. All around… Continue reading

Isolation – Streams in the Desert 08/27

“And he took him aside from the multitude” (Mark 7:33).
Paul not only stood the tests in Christian activity, but… Continue reading

Nothing Satisfies – Streams in the Desert 08/26

“It is not in me” (Job 28:14).
I remember a summer in which I said, “It is the ocean I… Continue reading

Shut Up To Faith – Streams in the Desert 08/25

“Shut up to faith” (Gal. 3:23).
God, in olden time suffered man to be kept in ward by the law… Continue reading

Grow in the Gloom – Streams in the Desert 08/24

“I have all, and abound” (Phil. 4:18).
In one of my garden books there is a chapter with a very… Continue reading

No Solution in Sight – Streams in the Desert 08/23

“He went out, not knowing whither he went” (Heb. 11:9).
It is faith without sight. When we can see, it… Continue reading

No Miracles – Streams in the Desert 08/22

“And the rest, some on boards, some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass that… Continue reading

Himself – Streams in the Desert 08/21

“He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me” (Ps. 18:19).
And… Continue reading

  • “Jesus, who so often says “Whoever loves Me…” “Do you love Me?” is concerned about our LOVE! He is concerned about a special kind of love…He who has loved us so much wants to possess us completely, with everything we are and have. Jesus gave Himself wholly and completely for us. Now His love is yearning for us to surrender ourselves and everything that we are to Him, so that He can really be our “first love” – Basilea Schlink

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[Love Your Neighbor] Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. — Romans 13:8 (NKJV)

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