• “But the misfortune is that people wish to direct God instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him. We wish to take the lead, and to follow in a way of their own selection instead of submissively and passively following where God sees fit to conduct them. And hence it is, that many souls who are called to the enjoyment of God himself and mot merely to the gifts of God, spend all their lives in pursuing and in feeding on little consolations.” – Madame Guyon

A Bar of Steel – Streams in the Desert 10/24

“I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument” (Isa. 41:15).
A bar of steel worth five dollars, when wrought… Continue reading

When God Says No – Streams in the Desert 10/23

“There hath not failed one word of all his good promise” (1 Kings 8:56).
Some day we shall understand that… Continue reading

No More Sorrow by Miss Slessor

Slessor, Mary
Article: No More Sorrow by Miss Slessor, Use, Calabar. Published in the Women’s Missionary Magazine [July 1908] [July… Continue reading

Not of the Extraordinary – Streams in the Desert 10/22

“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the… Continue reading

No Further Than Natural Things By Elisabeth Elliot

“Well, it’s perfectly natural for you to feel that way,” I was telling myself when I was upset with the… Continue reading

Ready to Move – Streams in the Desert 10/21

“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an… Continue reading

My way — Your way by Susannah Spurgeon


(From “Free Grace and Dying Love!”)

“Make Your way straight before my face.” Psalm 5:8

Dear Father,… Continue reading

Cushion of the Sea – Streams in the Desert 10/20

“And the peace of God, which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts… Continue reading

My Own Fault By Elisabeth Elliot

Someone who is suffering as a result of his own foolishness or failure may read these words. These griefs are… Continue reading

More Love To Thee by Elizabeth Prentiss (Hymn Story)

 

Author –Elizabeth P. Prentiss, 1818-1878

Composer –William H. Doane, 1832-1915
Tune Name –“More Love to Thee”

“And this I… Continue reading

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