• “He never gives you more than you can bear. Every burden prepares you for eternity.” – Basilea Schlink

Missionary Wives

It Must Be Bought – Streams in the Desert 12/05

“On all bare heights shall be their pasture” (Isa. 49:9, RV).
Toys and trinkets are easily won, but the greatest… Continue reading

Expectations Beyond Us – Streams in the Desert 12/04

“But prayer” (Acts 12:5).
But prayer is the link that connects us with God. This is the bridge that spans… Continue reading

Strong in Suffering – Streams in the Desert 12/03

“Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well” (2 Kings… Continue reading

Reaching Perfection – Streams in the Desert 12/02

“Perfect through suffering” (Heb. 2:10).
Steel is iron plus fire. Soil is rock, plus heat, or glacier crushing. Linen is… Continue reading

Devil’s Burden -Streams in the Desert 12/01

“There remaineth, therefore, a rest to the people of God” (Heb. 4:9).
The rest includes victory, “And the Lord gave… Continue reading

In God, Not Out of Trouble – Streams in the Desert 11/30

“And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith… Continue reading

Music of the Storm – Streams in the Desert 11/29

“Nevertheless afterward” (Heb. 12:11).
There is a legend that tells of a German baron who, at his castle on the… Continue reading

The Lord’s Times – Streams in the Desert 11/28

“Thou makest the outgoing of the morning and evening to rejoice” (Ps. 65:8).

Get up early and go to the… Continue reading

Impossible Flowers – Streams in the Desert 11/27

“For with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke 1:37).
Far up in the Alpine hollows, year by year God works… Continue reading

Upper Springs – Streams in the Desert 11/26

“And Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? Who answered, give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a… Continue reading

  • ”As we grow spiritually, God begins to wean us from things that we think we can’t live without: things, comfort, the longing for life to ‘work.’ That’s a childish instinct, to say, ‘Life has to work the way I want it to work, and now’.” – Nancy Leigh DeMoss

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Verse of the Day

Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” — Luke 1:30-33 (NKJV)

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