• “We profess to be strangers and pilgrims, seeking after a country of our own, yet we settle down in the most un-stranger-like fashion, exactly as if we were quite at home and meant to stay as long as we could.” – Amy Carmichael

Ordering the Stops – Streams in the Desert 08/16

“In waiting, I waited, for the Lord” (Ps. 40:1, margin).
Waiting is much more difficult than walking. Waiting requires patience,… Continue reading

A cup of bitters? – Anne Dutton

Infinite love ordained it and infinite wisdom prepared it, and infinite power will work with and by it unto your… Continue reading

A Challenge to Faith by I. Lilias Trotter

(This article was originally sent out as a tract. To download a zip file of this tract click here.… Continue reading

Out of Wounding – Streams in the Desert 08/15

“Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22.).
The best things of life come out of… Continue reading

A Challenge to Every Christian by Mrs. C.T. Studd

Say not–Is the thing possible?

But–God is omnipotent!
Say not–Look what I’d lose!
But–See what I’d gain!
Say not–Have I… Continue reading

God’s Will – Streams in the Desert 08/14

“Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above” (John 19:11).
Nothing that… Continue reading

In The Clouds – Streams in the Desert 08/13

“If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth” (Eccles. 11:3).
Why, then, do we dread… Continue reading

A Broken and Contrite Heart by Mary Winslow

I have never wept so much for sin as I have done lately. Often have I put up the prayer,… Continue reading

8 Ways to Lose Your Peace by Elisabeth Elliot

Resent God’s ways.

Worry as much as possible.

Pray only about things you can’t manage by yourself.

Refuse to accept… Continue reading

Meant to be Used – Streams in the Desert 08/12

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Pet. 1:4).
When a shipwright builds a vessel, does… Continue reading

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Verse of the Day

And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” — Joshua 24:15 (NKJV)

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