• “How very narrow is the gate that leads to a life in God! (Mt 7:14) How little one must be to pass through it, it being nothing else but death to self! But when we have passed through it, what enlargement do we find! David said, ‘He brought me forth also in a large place’ (Ps. 18:19). And it was through humiliation and abasement that he was brought there.” – from Madame Guyon’s autobiography Ch. 22

What Can I Do For God? by Elisabeth Elliot

Most of us would like to do something special in life, something to distinguish us. We suppose that we desire… Continue reading

Rejoice – Streams in the Desert 12/28

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice” (Phil. 4:4).

“Sing a little song of trust,
O my… Continue reading

We Carry Death and Life by Elisabeth Elliot

When Jesus lived on earth, He lived in an ordinary man’s body, carrying in that body both life and death.… Continue reading

Watching Quietly, Praying Silently by Elisabeth Elliot

The man whom Abraham sent to find a wife for his son Isaac had been long in Abraham’s service. No… Continue reading

Iron Saints – Streams in the Desert 12/27

“His soul entered into iron” (Ps. 105:18).
Turn that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus,… Continue reading

No Active Mission – Streams in the Desert 12/26

“Sit ye here while I go and pray yonder” (Matt. 26:36).
It is a hard thing to be kept in… Continue reading

Vibrations by I. Lilias Trotter

A bang and a crash, and a cloud of dust that when it cleared showed a picture of ruin. One… Continue reading

Christ our Consolation – Streams in the Desert 12/25

“His name shall be called Emmanuel . . . God with us.” (Matt. 1:23) .
“The Prince of Peace” (Isa.… Continue reading

Trained To Rule By Lilias Trotter

(This article was originally written as a tract. To download a zip file of this tract click here.)

A… Continue reading

Quiet Time with God – Streams in the Desert 12/24

“And Isaac went out to meditate in the fields at eventide” (Gen. 24:63).
We should be better Christians if we… Continue reading

  • “Men think lightly of sin; not only sinners, but the saints do not view it in its proper light. Sin is not a light thing in the sight of God. The Church of God is asleep.” – Mary Winslow

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But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. — 1 John 1:7 (NKJV)

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